Ulster Unionist MLA Michael McGimpsey has responded to remarks by former Sinn Fein Minister Conor Murphy. The South Belfast Assemblyman said; "Mr Murphy should take heed of the old adage that people in glass houses shouldn’t throw...
Ulster Unionist Health spokesperson John McCallister MLA has questioned the motives behind Health Minister, Edwin Poot’s refusal to lift the ban on gay and bi-sexual men donating blood in Northern Ireland. Mr McCallister commented; “I am disappointed...
David McNarry, Ulster Unionist Education spokesman and deputy chairman of the Stormont Education Committee, responding to the Education Minister’s statement on the future of NI schools has said: “The Minister asks in his introduction – “...
Lagan Valley MLA Basil McCrea has warned against knee jerk reactions to any change in the age of criminality in Northern Ireland. Mr McCrea spoke out following the Justice Committee Chairman Paul Givan’s reaction to the...
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,...
Ulster Unionist MLA, Danny Kinahan has condemned those who left a pipe bomb outside the home of a Polish family in Antrim. The South Antrim Assembly Member commented; “I am totally disgusted by this attack on this...
Ulster Unionist Victims spokesperson, Mike Nesbitt, says the failure to agree terms for a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane is another example of the fact that there is no agreed mechanism for...
Ulster Unionist Economy spokesperson, Mike Nesbitt, has called for urgent action from the NI Executive in light of the latest unemployment figures, which are the worst since the Belfast Agreement in 1998. The Strangford MLA said:...
Ulster Unionist Victims spokesperson, Mike Nesbitt, has welcomed the news that an independent judicial figure and former United Nations War Crimes Prosecutor, will report on the murder of Patrick Finucane. The Strangford MLA said: “Appointing Sir...
Ulster Unionist Culture, Arts and Leisure Spokesman, Robin Swann, has expressed his concern over the announcement from NI Water that a number of reservoirs will be closed to angling temporarily from January 2012. The North Antrim...
The Chairman of the Ulster Unionist Party’s Foyle Association, Terry Wright, has condemned last night’s bombing of the 2012 UK City of Culture offices in the City. Mr Wright said; “The Ulster Unionist Party adds its...
Ulster Unionist economy spokesperson, Mike Nesbitt, has accused the Coalition Government of mixed messages over rebalancing the Northern Ireland economy. Reacting to a briefing from officials at the Department of Enterprise Trade & Investment to the...
Ulster Unionist Regional Development spokesman Roy Beggs MLA has said that his party and DRD Minister Danny Kennedy deserve an abject apology from both the DUP and Sinn Fein in the wake of Minister’s Kennedy...
The Ulster Unionist Party unveiled their new-look website today. It streamlines user interaction and has a much more interactive interface which makes it easy for users to get in touch with their councillors and MLAs.
The theft of expensive Farm Equipment from a Donaghcloney farm has been condemned by local UUP MLA Jo-Anne Dobson. The thieves took a Ford 8340 Tractor and a new diet feeder. The feeder, a Feedmix, is...
North Antrim MLA, Robin Swann has condemned those who created an oil slick which caused the cancellation on the Mid Antrim 150 road races today. The Ulster Unionist commented; “The cancellation of today’s races is a huge...