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February 7th, 2012 
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Last updated at 11:54 PM on 6th February 2012
Seriously ill: Ian Paisley was rushed to hospital in Belfast yesterday after suffering a suspected heart attack according to one source
The Rev Ian Paisley was in intensive care last night after suffering acute heart problems.
The 85-year-old former Northern Ireland First Minister was admitted to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on the outskirts of Belfast.
Mr Paisley was taken to hospital on Sunday, ten days after preaching his final sermon as a minister.
Party colleagues were briefed at the Parliament Buildings, Stormont, but one said they were given no details about how he was taken ill or his condition.
One unconfirmed report claimed he had a massive heart attack and was seriously ill. Another said it was heart failure.
A statement on behalf of his wife, Baroness Paisley, said: ‘She requests the family’s privacy be respected at this difficult time.’
Dr Paisley, a former moderator and founding member of the Free Presbyterian Church, was the MP for North Antrim for nearly 40 years.
His decision to lead the Democratic Unionists, the party he founded, into a power-sharing administration with Sinn Fein was one of the most significant developments in the Northern Ireland peace process.
Prior to being taken ill, he had begun work on his memoirs.
He had tests for an undisclosed illness
in summer 2004 and afterwards admitted he had ‘walked in death’s
shadow’. He later had a pacemaker fitted.
Last service: Dr Paisley is seen at a church service where he preached his final sermon as the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church after 65 years
Dr Paisley, now known as Lord Bannside after being granted a peerage in 2010, preached his final sermon as the moderator of the Free Presbyterian Church last month after 65 years.
Nearly 3,000 people attended the special service at the Martyrs Memorial Free Presbyterian Church in south Belfast.
Guests at the service included Stormont Health Minister Edwin Poots and DUP MP William McCrea.
Firebrand: Dr Paisley was ejected from the European Parliament in 1998 for calling Pope John Paul II ‘the antichrist’ and is seen as one of the most controversial figures in the history of Northern Ireland
Controversial figure: Paisley marching with masked and hooded Loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland in 1974
His wife, their five children, ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren also attended.
Speaking before the service, Dr Paisley said: ‘I am exceedingly happy that I’ve had the privilege of being the preacher here for 65 years, and that’s a long time.’
Dr Paisley came to prominence preaching a ‘no surrender’ brand of politics before he failed to block the 1998 Good Friday agreement.
He is considered to be one of the most influential and controversial figures in the history of Northern Ireland. Prior to being taken ill Dr Paisley had begun work on his memoirs.
Talking of the book last year he said: ‘I will be telling some stories that will make some people laugh and others blush.’
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I’m ill so I am.
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Get well soon big man !
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MailOnline, he is not Mr Paisley or Dr Paisley, as you variously call him. He is Lord Bannside nowadays.
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A man of principle … true to his beliefs …
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Forget your Thatchers, your McMillans, your Churchills and your Kennedys. The most effective and charismatic politician of the 20th century was, without a shadow of a doubt, Rev Dr Paisley. I wish him and his family well at this difficult time. A legend in every meaning of the word.
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Tonight my wife and I are praying for this great and gracious servant of God who having given a lifetime of service to God has fallen sick. 45 years ago Dr Paisley first came to our town of Omagh to preach the gospel to hundreds of people in a canvas tent, the IRA burned the tent but a church was formed and tonight we have just returned from a study session with over 50 students in a Christian workers Academy on the same site where the original teant was sited, Praise God for his goodness. 23 years ago he performed our wedding ceremony in a most gracious and simple way and set us on our way to happy married life together, Thank You Dr Paisley.
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He baptised my niece and nephew, get well soon xx
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I pray he is okay
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Very sad news. Hope he makes a speedy recovery
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He must have been watching the Rangers game yesterday!
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