Ian Paisley: the life of Dr No

October 2006: Ian Paisley, the leader of the Democratic Unionist [arty, arrives at St Andrews, Scotland, for multi-party negotiations attempting to restore devolution to Northern Ireland Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk

1967: Paisley holds a placard as he leads a demonstration in Buckinghamshire against the Anglican church's compromise with Roman Catholic orthodoxy Photograph: David Newell Smith/guardian.co.uk

August 1969: Paisley leaves Stormont Castle in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where he had handed in a petition Photograph: guardian.co.uk

August 1971: Paisley speaks from a platform in Hillsborough at a big protest rally in the Co Down village in Northern Ireland Photograph: guardian.co.uk

1986: Paisley speaks during an Orange Day festival Photograph: Time & Life Pictures/guardian.co.uk

July 1996: Paisley passes through the RUC lines to negotiate with senior RUC officers to prevent a stand-off at Drumcree parish church Photograph: Brian Little/guardian.co.uk

November 2003: Paisley grabs Ulster television interviewer Ivan Little during a TV interview at the North Antrim count at Ballymoney in the Northern Ireland election Photograph: Michael Cooper/guardian.co.uk

November 2003: Paisley relaxes with his wife Eileen at home, after his party out-polled the Ulster Unionist party in the Northern Ireland assembly elections Photograph: Paul Faith/guardian.co.uk

June 2006: Paisley laughs as he is asked questions about his meeting with Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern at Stormont, Northern Ireland They were meeting ahead of the November deadline for devolution Photograph: Peter Muhley/guardian.co.uk

October 2006: Paisley speaks to the media in St Andrews, Scotland, where he is attending multi-party negotiations to attempt to restore devolution to Northern Ireland Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/guardian.co.uk

March 2007: Paisley is interviewed at Galgorm Manor hotel, in his constituency of Ballymena, during the run up to the Northern Ireland assembly elections Photograph: Niall Carson/guardian.co.uk

March 2007: Ian Paisley Jnr with his father the Rev Ian Paisley, DUP candidate Mervyn Storey, and Eileen Paisley at the Seven Towers leisure centre in Ballymena, Co Antrim, after votes were counted to elect new members of the Stormont assembly Photograph: Julien Behal/guardian.co.uk

April 2007: Paisley shakes the hand of Irish taoiseach Bertie Ahern for the first time, before they hold talks at Farmleigh House in Dublin Photograph: Niall Carson/guardian.co.uk

May 2007: Tony Blair and Paisley share a joke at the opening of the new News Letter offices behind Belfast City Hall Photograph: Dan Chung/guardian.co.uk

May 2007: Paisley and his wife, Eileen, arrive at Stormont before he is sworn in as first minister following a deal struck between the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Féin in March Photograph: Paul Faith/guardian.co.uk

May 2007: Paisley and his deputy first minister, Martin McGuinness, are all smiles after being sworn in as ministers of the Northern Ireland assembly, Stormont Photograph: Paul Faith/guardian.co.uk

July 2007: Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, deputy first minister Martin McGuinness, Paisley and prime minister Gordon Brown shake hands before a meeting at Stormont Photograph: Paul Faith/guardian.co.uk

March 2008: Paisley arrives at Parliament Buildings, Belfast. He announced on March 4 that he would step down in May as leader of Northern Ireland's government and of the Democratic Unionist party that he founded Photograph: Peter Morrison/guardian.co.uk