Freya McClements

Freya McClements

Northern Editor

Freya McClements is Northern Editor of The Irish Times.

‘Remarkable bravery’: Northern Ireland’s politicians praise Jeffrey Donaldson’s victims

Both sides of North’s political divide unite in condemnation of former DUP leader who was convicted of 18 child sex offence charges

Jury took 10 hours to decide Jeffrey Donaldson was guilty, 10 minutes to deliver verdict

Former DUP leader remanded in custody following conviction for 18 counts including rape of child

‘It was all lies’: Brexit remorse in Northern Ireland

For many, leaving the EU has not strengthened their place in the UK, but weakened it by creating a border in the Irish Sea

Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of all 18 child sex abuse charges

Eleanor Donaldson charged with aiding and abetting and cruelty to children and jury found she carried out those acts

‘The only person telling lies is you’ – the full story of Jeffrey Donaldson’s abuse trial

Former DUP leader in custody after being found guilty of sexually abusing two women when they were children

Jury in Jeffrey Donaldson child sex offences trial sent home until Monday

Jurors were sent home on Thursday night after failing to reach verdicts on child sex offence charges

Jeffrey Donaldson trial: Jury sent home, to resume deliberations on Friday

Judge tells jurors case turns on whether they accept complainants’ accounts or that of former DUP leader

Jeffrey Donaldson denies meeting with accuser was to ‘nip in the bud’ abuse allegations

Former DUP leader tells court Christian minister was ‘mistaken in his recollection’ of 1990s meeting

Jeffrey Donaldson says two women who accused him of sexual abuse are lying

Former DUP leader gives evidence in his defence at Newry trial

Eleanor Donaldson ‘horrified’ by claim she facilitated husband’s alleged rape of child, court hears

Police interviews with wife of former DUP leader accused of abuse played for jury

Jeffrey Donaldson watches from the dock as two alleged victims address sex abuse trial

Two alleged victims in trial of former DUP leader and wife Eleanor Donaldson have between them spent five days in the witness box

Woman who claims she was abused by Jeffrey Donaldson blames herself for not going to police

Defence questions Complainant B about contact with former DUP leader as an adult

Rape will be ‘seared into my brain for rest of my life’, says alleged victim of Jeffrey Donaldson

Former DUP leader accused of rape, several counts of gross indecency and indecent assault

Jeffrey Donaldson told alleged victim he would ‘pray’ for her and was ‘seeking help from God’, trial hears

Letter written by former DUP leader ‘felt like an apology’, woman says

In a sweltering Newry courtroom, Jeffrey Donaldson listened intently as sexual abuse charges were read out

Former DUP leader goes on trial more than two years after being charged with multiple offences

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