Peter Robinson, leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist political party, has been admitted to the Royal Victoria hospital (RVH) in Belfast as a precautionary measure.
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Peter Robinson, 66, was admitted to Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital on Saturday after suffering an adverse reaction to prescribed medication.
SDLP MLA Colm Eastwood said: “The Ten-Minute Ministers of the DUP are undermining these institutions, they are undermining the talks process and they’re undermining the partnership between unionism and nationalism that should be at the heart of power sharing”.
A spokesperson for the health trust said he was admitted as a precaution and was “comfortable and doing well”.
A hospital spokesman said he was admitted “as a precautionary measure” and is now “comfortable and doing well”.
“Mr Robinson expresses his gratitude to the medical staff who treated him so professionally during his short stay in hospital and the ambulance staff who were the first responders”.
The move followed a police assessment that Provisional IRA members were involved in the shooting of Mr McGuigan in a suspected revenge attack for the murder of former PIRA commander Gerard “Jock” Davison three months earlier.
After treatment for his heart attack in May, Mr Robinson was back in work in just over a week.
Mr Allister heckled Mr Robinson, accusing the DUP of benefiting from murder in accepting the post, leading to the TUV leader being warned by the Speaker to be quiet.
Earlier this month, Mr Robinson stood aside as First Minister, with Arlene Foster temporarily replacing him, amid the ongoing political stalemate.
Mr Donaldson said: “Peter is planning to be with the delegation when we have the talks”.
But Speaker Mitchell McLaughlin called for order and said: “If there are any more interruptions of that type I will take immediate action”.
Topping the agenda at Stormont House will be issues around paramilitary activity, the budget and the implementation of controversial welfare cuts. We are dealing with very hard issues.
On Friday, Ms Villiers announced an independent assessment of the structure and role of paramilitaries would be carried out, paving the way for fresh talks involving the five major parties. “There is also the big challenge of seeing whether we can actually get over the hurdle of implementing the Stormont House Agreement”.
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“There is a huge responsibility on all parties, including ourselves, and also the two governments to be creative and deploy a spirit of generosity in the course of these discussions”.
