During a recent meeting of the Regional Development Committee at Stormont, Roy Beggs MLA highlight to the influential Assembly committee the atrocious average speeds on the Carrickfergus to Belfast A2 which were amongst the worst...
Newry & Armagh MLA, Danny Kennedy has praised the work of the Emergency Services after a fire broke out at a care home in Armagh last night. The Ulster Unionist said; “I must praise the Emergency Services...
Ulster Unionist MLA for Lagan Valley, Basil McCrea, stated in today’s Justice Committee meeting that the age of criminality should be raised to 12 in Northern Ireland. Speaking following the Youth Justice Review which advocated...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Tom Elliott has challenged Martin McGuinness’s claim that he feels shame at the Enniskillen bombing. Mr Elliott said; “It has been perfectly clear to people in Northern Ireland that Sinn Fein will say...
Transport Minister Danny Kennedy boarded the first of Translink’s 20 new trains to enter passenger service on the Larne Line, today. The £150million New Trains Programme will include the introduction of the new Class 4000 trains...
Ulster Unionist Leader, Tom Elliott, says the current controversy over when Martin McGuinness did or did not leave the IRA highlights the futility of Sinn Fein's call for a Truth Commission. The Deputy First Minister's...
Ulster Unionist MLA Michael McGimpsey has responded to remarks by former Sinn Fein Minister Conor Murphy. The South Belfast Assemblyman said; "Mr Murphy should take heed of the old adage that people in glass houses shouldn’t throw...
Ulster Unionist Health spokesperson John McCallister MLA has questioned the motives behind Health Minister, Edwin Poot’s refusal to lift the ban on gay and bi-sexual men donating blood in Northern Ireland. Mr McCallister commented; “I am disappointed...
David McNarry, Ulster Unionist Education spokesman and deputy chairman of the Stormont Education Committee, responding to the Education Minister’s statement on the future of NI schools has said: “The Minister asks in his introduction – “...
Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea has warned against knee jerk reactions to any change in the age of criminality in Northern Ireland. Mr McCrea spoke out following the Justice Committee Chairman Paul Givan’s reaction to the...