Steve Aiken OBE MLA, who was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in May, delivered his Maiden Speech in the Assembly Chamber on Monday 6 June 2016. Mr Aiken said: “In moving the motion in this Assembly...
The Ulster Unionist Party has brought the first Official Opposition debate to the floor of the Northern Ireland Assembly since 1972. The debate called for the Economy Minister to commission a manufacturing strategy for Northern...
Ulster Unionist Health spokesperson, Jo-Anne Dobson MLA, has welcomed the lifting of the lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood in Northern Ireland. Jo-Anne Dobson MLA said: “Northern Ireland has been left trailing behind the...
The Ulster Unionist Party has announced that Jill Macauley has been selected to replace Harold McKee MLA on Newry, Mourne and Down District Council following his election to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Party Leader, Mike Nesbitt...
Ulster Unionist Councillor David Browne has unreservedly condemned the overnight attack on a First World War memorial in Woodvale Park in Belfast in which paint was thrown and pro IRA slogans daubed. Councillor Browne said: “Like...
Roy Beggs, Ulster Unionist MLA for East Antrim has condemned comments made by Jude Collins where he appears to say that members of the Boys’ Brigade are comparable to young people taking part in dissident...