Jim Nicholson, Ulster Unionist MEP, welcomed students from Northern Ireland to the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week as part of a European school exchange, known as the Comenius project. It aims to develop young people’s...
Ulster Unionist Education Spokesperson, Danny Kinahan MLA, has described the significant correlation between educational attainment and social disadvantage in Northern Ireland as‘abhorrent’. The South Antrim MLA was speaking after the Department of Education revealed that...
Ulster Unionist Leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA has given his reaction to speculation that Dr Haass may suggest a new process with limited immunity. Mr Nesbitt said: “The real issue is the danger of inventing a process that...
Ulster Unionist Justice spokesperson Tom Elliott has welcomed the principles of the Innocent Victims United Covenant in ‘Dealing with the Past’. Mr Elliott said: “The Innocent Victims United group has been giving excellent advice and direction in...
In the House of Lords yesterday, the Government announced that they were in negotiations with the Historic Royal Palaces Trust to place the guardianship of Hillsborough Castle in the hands of the Trust. The news...
Danny Kinahan MLA, Ulster Unionist Party Education spokesperson and Deputy Chair of Stormont’s Education Committee, has said that the comments from the recent OECD report should focus minds on the flagrant political failure of Sinn...
Jim Nicholson, Ulster Unionist MEP, has welcomed the European Parliament’s approval for reform of the Common Fisheries Policy. Speaking during Monday`s debate in Strasbourg, Mr Nicholson told MEPs: “We want healthy fish stocks, a prosperous...
Ulster Unionist Education Spokesperson, Danny Kinahan MLA, has called for an end to threats over the size of schools, the competition between grammar and non-grammars and the divisive debate over the future of selection. Danny Kinahan...
Ulster Unionist Party leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA, has called for delivery from OFMdFM on the Sexual Orientation Strategy. Mr Nesbitt, who is also Chair of the OFMdFM Committee, said: “The Sexual Orientation Strategy is becoming one of the...
Tom Elliott MLA has questioned how Martin McGuinness came to be representing the Northern Ireland Executive at a memorial service in South Africa to honour Nelson Mandela. Mr Elliott said: “Who cleared it with the Executive? DRD...