16 Dec, 2022 DUP Leader thanks Cllr Kathryn Owen as she steps down from Council DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has thanked Cllr Dr Kathryn Owen for her service in Newry, Mourne and Down Council, where she represented the Rowallane DEA.
15 Dec, 2022 Girvan welcomes further steps for victims of contaminated blood DUP South Antrim MP Paul Girvan has welcomed further steps by the Government to address the tragedy of people impacted by contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s.
15 Dec, 2022 Solutions needed to maintain Heathrow connectivity – Lockhart Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has written to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris MP, to urge him to work with urgency to address the impact of the Trade and Co-operation Agreement on domestic UK flights from Belfast, by EU carriers. The DUP representative said the withdrawal of the Aer Lingus route from Belfast City to Heathrow ought to be the spur for the Government to find an accommodation for flights to continue.
14 Dec, 2022 Internal UK trade highlights need to restore NI’s place within UK internal market DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said the importance of trade with the rest of the United Kingdom underscores the need to restore Northern Ireland’s place within the United Kingdom internal market.
13 Dec, 2022 SF blushes shouldn’t be a factor in publication of Stakeknife report Commenting on reports that the report from Operation Kenova, set up to examine the role of IRA informer ‘Stakeknife’, could be extensively redacted, North Belfast DUP MLA Phillip Brett said,
13 Dec, 2022 Internal Conservative Party politics holding up Protocol Bill DUP North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has said the Prime Minister’s decision to pause the NI Protocol Bill’s progression is more related to internal Conservative Party politics than the chances of getting a fair, balanced and sustainable agreement in Brussels.
12 Dec, 2022 Sinn Fein will never decide who it was ok for the IRA to murder East Belfast MP Gavin Robinson has said that Sinn Fein do not and will never have the authority to sit in judgement and decide who it was ok for the IRA to murder. His comments follow an interview where Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald said the IRA should not have harmed any member of the Garda.
11 Dec, 2022 Protocol Bill has been tediously slow - Sir Jeffrey Below is the text of a letter sent by DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on Friday.
09 Dec, 2022 Protocol should serve as warning on damage to power-sharing: Paisley North Antrim MP Ian Paisley has said that if Leo Varadkar wants to prioritise power sharing as Taoiseach then he must accept the toxic impact of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
09 Dec, 2022 Questions remain over PSNI’s knee-jerk response to Ormeau Road incident The DUP’s lead Policing Board representative Trevor Clarke has reacted to the news that a probationary police officer repositioned after the PSNI operation on the anniversary of the Sean Graham atrocity has been completely vindicated by the Police Ombudsman.