Suzanne Breen

Political Editor Belfast Telegraph. Post-lockdown mother still on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Mad about Roy Keane.

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

Fired twice for challenging injustice, banned from the WWII frontline because she was a woman, Martha Gellhorn was the finest war correspondent of her generation. She covered Dachau, Vietnam & much more - and she never sold out. She's my #IWD heroine.
➡️https://t.co/54PtHLjhXK

[BBC The View @bbctheview]

"Unionists have made a massive strategic error...."

"They have handed Sinn Fein an open political goal, they built the stadium, the sold the tickets, they cleared the defenders and have given Michelle O'Neill multiple penalty kicks."

@SuzyJourno on #Drumcree

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

Same old story. The outcome doesn't change. Decades of mistakes. Round & round it goes. When will they ever learn?

[BBC The View @bbctheview]

"Unionists have made a massive strategic error...."

"They have handed Sinn Fein an open political goal, they built the stadium, the sold the tickets, they cleared the defenders and have given Michelle O'Neill multiple penalty kicks."

@SuzyJourno on #Drumcree

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

In a stunning act of self-sabotage, some unionists thought resurrecting the Drumcree dispute from decades ago was a good idea. They handed their opponents a crocodile moment on stilts. Sinn Féin strategists couldn't have dreamt of a better political gift.
https://t.co/4O73bn5ZnD

[BBC The View @bbctheview]

"There are some at the top (of the DUP) who believe Carla Lockhart is far too close to Jamie Bryson. Carla's supporters will say she has not been getting enough support from top people in the DUP and that she has been abandoned."

@SuzyJourno on #Drumcree

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

@lugantseanti He's examining a range of options but SF wouldn't be one of them. It wouldn't be a fit for either party!

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

EXCLUSIVE: MLA Justin McNulty has been deselected by the SDLP. Crossmaglen councillor Pete Byrne will be its Newry & Armagh Assembly election candidate. He won the vote at tonight's selection convention. Sources say McNulty is now "examining all options".
https://t.co/DtufjZ7Pq8

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

NEW: MLA Justin McNulty & Crossmaglen cllr Pete Byrne go head-to-head at a selection convention on Thurs night for the SDLP's Assembly nomination in Newry & Armagh. Both men have made their written pitches to local members. A fascinating contest lies ahead https://t.co/J95KXMOfYT

[Jon Tonge @JonTonge]

SDLP’s Colum Eastwood demands ‘my good friend Chris Bryant needs to step in - that march needs banning’ - at Labour Party Irish Society evening at #Lab26 in Liverpool

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

@cellah26bsky The Assembly, not the Executive. Full plenary session in Parliament Buildings at 12pm.

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

Jon Burrows strode on to the stage at the UUP conference to Queen’s 'Don’t Stop Me Now'. This party has got its mojo back. For the first time in a long time, it genuinely believes it can grow, & won't be forever playing second fiddle to the DUP.
https://t.co/YXCyklZARo

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

@SmythAngus No, Angus.

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Donaldson once walked the corridors of power, but he now spends his days behind bars in Maghaberry jail doing jigsaws & art. He follows news & current affairs from a tiny TV in his cell. We reveal details of his stark new prison life.
https://t.co/kPVhW1CqJ6

[Kevin Scott @Kscott_94]

BREAKING: Tonight’s appeal against a pause of the Garvaghy Road parade has been successful.

Orangemen will march on Garvaghy Road tomorrow as it currently stands @BelTel

I understand other legal avenues are being explored.

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

Liz Clarke lost her mum at 12. She became a teenage mother & her partner killed himself when their son was 3. "If you'd told 19-yr-old me, that I'd be running to be an MLA, I’d have told you to catch yourself on," says the UUP's 2nd South Antrim candidate
https://t.co/7RPUURfIfB

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

Sinn Féin Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins is unlikely to be able to erect Irish language signs at Belfast’s Grand Central Station during the current Assembly mandate as the final stage of Jamie Bryson's legal challenge is adjourned until next year.
https://t.co/q9vTiOPF9G

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

EXCLUSIVE: The SDLP's Justin McNulty rejects a leadership offer to abandon Newry & Armagh & run in Upper Bann in the Assembly election. Sources say it would be “madness” for him to leave a safe seat for Upper Bann where the party has less than half a quota
https://t.co/etbyfwpmu6

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

EXCLUSIVE: The SDLP's Justin McNulty told Claire Hanna he wouldn't "go into the lion’s den in Upper Bann”. He'll now go head-to-head with Crossmaglen councillor Pete Byrne at next month's Newry & Armagh selection convention. A fascinating contest awaits.
https://t.co/UfflXr6S0q

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

EXCLUSIVE: The SDLP's Justin McNulty rejects a leadership offer to abandon Newry & Armagh & run in Upper Bann in the Assembly election. Sources say it would be “madness” for him to leave a safe seat for Upper Bann where the party has less than half a quota
https://t.co/etbyfwpmu6

[Belfast Telegraph @BelTel]

Good morning readers. Here is the front page of the Belfast Telegraph. Stay with us for all your breaking news. https://t.co/WkhYAcvbpV

[Suzanne Breen @SuzyJourno]

The DUP's Frank McCoubrey is asking TUV & UUP to give him a "clear run" in West Belfast in the Assembly election so he can win back the seat unionism lost 20 years ago. SF, PBP, the DUP & independent Paul Doherty are expected to fight out the last 2 seats.
https://t.co/xuBmTGztbb