DUP to meet with British-Irish Interparliamentary Body

RTÉ may have jumped to conclusions with this report, but it is a move that seems to have taken the UUP by surprise. The BBC clarifies the situation somewhat. While the DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson, speaking on Talkback, described the move as responding to an invitation from Paul Murphy to make a presentation to the British-Irish Interparliamentary Body in Killarney, County Kerry on 24 April.

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