Unionist opposition to the Good Friday Agreement in 1999 was “complex” and “multi-layered”, former First Minister Arlene Foster said as she paid tribute to a late colleague on Tuesday.
She was speaking in Limavady in memory of David Brewster, a well-known figure from the Co Derry town who in the late 1990s was – alongside Mrs Foster – part of a group dubbed the ‘baby barristers’ who opposed the Agreement from within the UUP.
Mr Brewster, a prominent solicitor in Limavady who was also well-known for his involvement with Limavady United FC, the Orange Order and local politics, passed away suddenly in 2021.
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