Possible Clues:

• League winner doesn't see his future with the Republic
• Secession opponent
• Supporter of NI remaining part of the UK
• Lincoln, for one
• Politician with suit on frantically defending his territory?
• Supporter of the North
• Grant, perhaps, given by academic body is not disputed
• One is on NUT organisation
• Alliance member lives in Ontario, supporting Oxford, perhaps
• Individual briefly working with leading DUP politician perhaps