Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy visited Rathlin Island today to chair the Rathlin Minister’s Forum meeting. The Forum meets twice a year to monitor progress against the Rathlin Action Plan and includes island representatives and senior...
I don’t know about you, but when I heard Rihanna had been asked to put her clothes back on, I instinctively reached for my well-thumbed copy of Seamus Heaney’s 1966 landmark collection of poems, Death...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson, Mike Nesbitt, has welcomed the Secretary of State’s announcement that the devolution of Corporation Tax varying powers to Northern Ireland will now move to the next phase. Speaking as Conservatives gathered for...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Tom Elliott has welcomed the announcement by Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Owen Paterson that the UK Government will legislate to end the practice of double-jobbing where political parties are currently...
The Ulster Unionist Party have called upon the Education Minister to reconsider Northern Ireland’s home to school transport policy, calling the existing policy ‘unsafe, inefficient and out-dated.’ The Assembly motion was moved by UUP Education Spokesperson,...