Commenting on the latest waiting time statistics, Health Minister Robin Swann today said 'we can and must put this right'. Mr Swann stated: “Northern Ireland’s hospital waiting times are quite simply appalling. Far too many people are...
Lord Empey challenged the government in the House of Lords yesterday to provide clarity to businesses in Northern Ireland about its plans for a border in the Irish Sea. Lord Empey said: “During question time in the...
Ulster Unionist Party Leader Steve Aiken OBE MLA has said that Simon Coveney should be well aware of how offensive it is to unionists to talk of infrastructure between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Steve...
Ulster Unionist Leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, has met with William Shawcross the Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative on UK Victims of Libyan-Sponsored IRA Terrorism to discuss how IRA victims might be compensated. Mr Aiken said: “Today I...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has said political parties in the Republic should give very careful consideration to today’s comments by the Garda Commissioner that the IRA Army Council still...
Ulster Unionist Peer Lord Empey has called on the UK Government to learn lessons from how the US Government deals with achieving compensation for relatives of citizens killed by terrorist attacks facilitated by a foreign...
The Ulster Unionist Party’s Justice Spokesperson, Doug Beattie MC MLA, has welcomed approval from the Departments of Justice and Finance which will enable the 2019/20 police pay award to be implemented. Doug Beattie MC MLA...
Ulster Unionist Leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, has condemned those responsible for graffiti targeting Ulster Unionist Councillor Alan Lewis. Mr Aiken said: “I am disgusted to see graffiti appearing in South Down targeting Councillor Alan Lewis. Alan...
Slieve Croob Ulster Unionist Councillor Alan Lewis has said that sinister graffiti which has appeared in his constituency won’t deter him from doing his job. Councillor Lewis, from Clough in County Down, was elected onto...
Ulster Unionist MLA Mike Nesbitt has questioned why the Executive Office have allocated an estimated figure of £28million over the next three years for the running costs of the Office of Identity and Cultural Expression. Mike...