UUP leader Doug Beattie has apologised to the Assembly after claiming DUP MLAs were screaming and whining “like a girl”.
During his speech, Mr Beattie told DUP members: “I know that you think you can scream and whine like a girl from the sidelines. That’s up to you.”
Several MLAs voiced objection to the remark from their seats in the chamber while DUP MLA Philip Brett raised a point of order with Acting Speaker Alan Chambers.
