Ian Paisley Junior
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Ian Paisley Junior is a Northern Ireland politician and the son of former Northern Ireland First Minister Ian Paisley.
Ian Paisley Junior and the lobbying scandal
Ian Paisley Jr resigned from his post as a minister in the Northern Ireland Executive at Stormont in February 2008 in the wake of revelations that he was employed as a research assistant by his father and received a salary from the UK Parliament.[1] It was reported in August 2008 that the complaint which led to his resignation had been dismissed.[2]
Notes
- ↑ David Gordon ‘Paisley is facing Commons inquiry: First Minister's payments to son to be investigated’ Belfast Telegraph, February 21, 2008
- ↑ Chris Thornton, Watchdog clears Paisley Jr after jobs complaint, Belfast Telegraph, 15 August 2008.
