Fellow Unionists, As Vice Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Councillors Association it’s my pleasure to bring our councillors panel to a close. I am sure, having listened to our speakers, that you would agree that Northern...
Good Morning Ladies & Gentlemen For those of you who do not already know me, I’m Jill Macauley…. I currently represent the Mournes DEA of Newry Mourne & Down District Council. I was co-opted just over 2...
Nothing much has changed politically since our last Conference except that we have learned from the RHI Inquiry hearings that whatever shape, if ever, the return to Stormont looks like, it simply can’t be business...
Conference, this morning I want to give you an insight into something that we as a group in Mid Ulster have been grappling with as we work towards a positive outcome. Our Council has an inbuilt...
Merging three large organisations was never going to be easy and in many ways was a forced marriage. However, the nine strong Ulster Unionist team on Mid & East Antrim Borough Council is well-balanced, with...
Good morning conference I was told to keep this to two minutes so I shall try to keep this brief. In the past two years since I was co-opted, I have seen Lisburn and Castlereagh embark on...
I was elected to Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council in May 2014. As a new councillor the initial months were overwhelming but here we are! I can hardly believe that we are preparing for the...
Of the 11 Councils Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is the largest geographically and smallest numerically. The political make-up of the Council is as follows 1 Independent Republican 16 Provisional Sinn Fein 1 Independent (Former Sinn Fein and now...
Greetings from the UUP Group on Causeway Coast & Glens BC. I noticed a week or two ago that CC & G was one of the top two places in NI where citizens were happiest to...
CHAIRMAN DELEGATES I AM ONE OF 6 ULSTER UNIONISTS COUNCILLORS SERVING IN THE 60 SEAT OF BELFAST CITY COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL AREA INCLUDES TEN THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED REGISTERED BUSINESS’S, WHICH PROVIDE NEARLY 300 THOUSAND JOBS WITHIN THE CITY...