N. Ireland DUP new leader resigns - Breaking The News

N. Ireland DUP new leader resigns

17 June

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The newly appointed leader of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland, Edwin Poots (pictured), has resigned less than one month after being elected.

"This has been a difficult period for the Party and the country and I have conveyed to the [party] Chairman my determination to do everything I can to ensure both Unionism and Northern Ireland is able to move forward to a stronger place," Poots said in a statement.

He will remain the DUP leader until the party elects his successor.

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