Jamie Bryson

The man behind the wire: Jamie Bryson, the loyalist blogger who live-tweeted DUP meeting

Activist thrives on making mischief for politicians

Tue Jan 30 2024 - 20:10

Stormont return: After years of stalemate, suddenly a lot must be done quickly - so what comes next?

Donaldson could not delay on selling deal as opponents waited to pick it apart and public sector workers sought pay rise

Tue Jan 30 2024 - 10:44

Jamie Bryson: meet the unelected outspoken loyalist who even the DUP fears

Prominent activist is unelected and not part of any political party – but the main unionist party is wary of this player and his influence with grassroots loyalism

Sun Jan 21 2024 - 06:00

Unionists must unite in opposition to Northern Ireland Protocol – Donaldson

DUP leader stresses importance of unionists working together at ant-protocol rally

Thu Apr 21 2022 - 21:30

Jim Allister’s big test: Can unionist firebrand move in from the margins?

Assembly elections will reveal if relentlessly negative messaging can be turned into votes

Tue Apr 19 2022 - 05:00

Doug Beattie condemns ‘mindless idiots’ who placed noose on election poster

Ulster Unionist leaders says he will ‘not be bullied, intimidated or distracted’

Sat Apr 09 2022 - 12:48

The Nolan Show dominates the North’s airwaves but is it hard-hitting or just hardline?

Critics say amount of airtime given by Stephen Nolan to some unionists stirs division

Sat Apr 09 2022 - 06:00

‘No surrender’ in the air as unionist leaders thunder their loathing for NI protocol

Ballymoney rally told protocol opens up door to a united Ireland and therefore must go

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 15:54

North’s politics take a dark turn in sectarian direction

Is Donaldson’s electoral strategy based on re-igniting sectarianism?

Sat Jan 08 2022 - 05:00

Poots to bring paper on future implementation of protocol to Executive

Agriculture minister’s paper is unlikely to be voted on by the Northern Ireland Executive

Wed Jan 05 2022 - 20:02

Johnny Watterson: Are green and orange equal in NI soccer or is one of them just not worth it?

O’Neill rightly pointed out that God Save The Queen doesn’t represent team’s diversity

Fri Dec 10 2021 - 06:00

Northern Ireland committee head apologises for ‘offence’ after bonfire tweet

Simon Hoare tweet about William of Orange referred to bonfires as ‘pallet-burning fiesta’

Tue Jul 06 2021 - 06:41

Newton Emerson: Donaldson must reconcile unionism to the protocol

As Sinn Féin paints itself as the responsible party, new DUP leader must spot the danger

Thu Jun 24 2021 - 01:00

Dublin and Stormont arrive at united front to tackle Covid-19

‘The coronavirus has no political consideration. It is neither British nor Irish, unionist or nationalist’

Fri Mar 20 2020 - 16:11

Mick Wallace to appear on behalf of Jamie Bryson in Nama case

‘I’ve plenty to say about Nama and how the exposing of that was in the public interest’

Thu Feb 27 2020 - 13:24

Banners, flags and ‘f**k you’ bonfires - Northern Ireland’s ‘cultural war’ rages

‘It is the first time in a long time that loyalists have won’, says activist Jamie Bryson

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 13:35

DUP perceives Brexit deal as threat to the union – before seeing text

‘In Northern Ireland it can be difficult for many unionists to heed political and business calls for cool heads’

Thu Nov 15 2018 - 07:23

North divided over Ian Paisley jnr in wake of Sri Lanka scandal

Derided by some as ‘chancer’, DUP man and family legacy likely to survive suspension

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 07:00

Police dealing with outbreaks of Eleventh Night trouble in North

PSNI confirms viable pipe bomb discovered at the peace line in restive Belfast

Wed Jul 11 2018 - 20:23

Brexiteers using Belfast Agreement to further ‘ideological agenda’

Westminster hears criticism of Stormont’s ‘mandatory’ SF-DUP coalition

Wed Feb 21 2018 - 21:07

Pallets added to Belfast ‘Twelfth’ bonfire despite court ban

Loyalists in balaclavas use cherry picker to add wooden pallets to top of pile on Monday

Tue Jul 11 2017 - 06:42

Northern Ireland election: North Antrim constituency profile

Allister and Swann hoping unionist anger at RHI will badly damage DUP

Tue Feb 21 2017 - 17:25

Michelle O’Neill speaks her mind at tribute to slain IRA gunmen

New Sinn Féin leader attends memorial in Clonoe for volunteers shot dead by the SAS

Sat Feb 18 2017 - 07:41

DUP losing its grip on Ballymena ahead of North’s election

Cash-for-ash scandal and the party’s attitude has created anti-DUP feeling in Antrim town

Mon Feb 13 2017 - 01:00

Three men questioned over Nama inquiry “coaching” claim

File sent to North’s Public Prosecution Service but one accused claims it is ‘nonsense’

Wed Feb 01 2017 - 21:04

Belfast developer to sue former Sinn Féin assembly member over Nama ‘libel’

Paddy Kearney claims Daithi McKay was involved in conspiracy that damaged his reputation

Thu Dec 08 2016 - 21:27

North’s finance minister ‘chillaxed’ about bid to link him to inquiry

Máirtín Ó Muilleoir says he had no knowledge of Project Eagle communications

Thu Oct 06 2016 - 01:00

North’s Minister for Finance claims no knowledge of Bryson Twitter exchanges

‘I am totally relaxed, totally chill-axed about this’ – Máirtín Ó Muilleoir tells Stormont committee

Wed Oct 05 2016 - 20:59

Unionism needs to find its Neil Kinnock to take on the extremists

Unlike Sinn Féin, unionists have yet to confront the cranks in their ranks

Thu Sept 29 2016 - 05:00

Newton Emerson: Jamie Bryson is a remarkably dangerous peaceful person

He testified against the DUP over Nama, then exposed SF for trying to coach him

Thu Sept 22 2016 - 01:00

Project Eagle: Inside the £1.24bn Nama deal in the North

Peter Murtagh on the threads that link rival US funds, Northern politicians, legal firms and middlemen to the property sell-off that cost the State hundreds of millions

Sun Sept 18 2016 - 11:38