The world’s largest cargo plane has left Belfast flying three 18-tonne oxygen generators and 1,000 ventilators as part of the UK’s latest response to India’s COVID-19 crisis. Staff at Belfast International Airport worked through the night...
The Department of Health has been notified by the Public Health Agency of seven confirmed cases of the VUI B.1.617.2 (India) Coronavirus variant in Northern Ireland. These are the first confirmed cases of this variant in...
Health Minister Robin Swann has re-iterated his commitment to the development of community perinatal services within Northern Ireland. Delivering the opening address to Northern Ireland’s third Maternal Mental Health Conference to mark Maternal Mental Health Week,...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has restated his party’s opposition to a general amnesty for Troubles related offences. Doug Beattie said: “These reported Government proposals appear to represent a de facto...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Steve Aiken OBE MLA, has urged voters in the rest of the United Kingdom – especially Scotland – to think carefully before casting their ballots in Thursday’s elections. Steve Aiken OBE MLA...
Robbie Butler MLA, Ulster Unionist Education spokesperson, has stated that Education Minister, Peter Weir MLA, needs to sit up and listen when the Comptroller and Auditor General`s report states that nearly £1 billion of funding...
Ulster Unionist MLA, Doug Beattie MC said: “The coup within the DUP which forced Arlene Foster to announce her resignation was long telegraphed. The only question was when and indeed who. The fact many of those...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has welcomed the acquittal of two former paratroopers charged with the murder of a dangerous IRA terrorist in Belfast in 1972. Doug Beattie said: “The collapse...
Health Minister Robin Swann today announced plans to establish a Social Care Fair Work Forum – to support and develop Northern Ireland’s social care workforce. The new body will be tasked with developing proposals to improve...
Ulster Unionist Party leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, said: “The Centenary of Northern Ireland is a time of pride, commemoration and hope for the future. That 'our wee country' has achieved so much is nothing short...