19 Jul, 2021 New Ards & North Down Councillor selected DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has announced that Peter Johnson has been selected to fill the vacancy in the Holywood and Clandeboye electoral area of Ards and North Down Borough Council. The vacancy arose following Stephen Dunne's co-option to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
19 Jul, 2021 Sir Jeffrey - “Both the Government and the EU must now re-negotiate” DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has held a virtual meeting with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic.
19 Jul, 2021 Time for European Commission to recognise that the Protocol has failed Writing in the News Letter ahead of a virtual meeting with European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic on Monday (19th July at 10am), DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has reiterated his Party’s Seven Tests for any new arrangements aimed at addressing the fundamental flaws at the heart of the Northern Ireland Protocol.
19 Jul, 2021 Lyons announces new Assured Skills Academy in welding at South West College Economy Minister Gordon Lyons today launched a new Assured Skills Collaborative Welding Academy at South West College, with 12 training places.
16 Jul, 2021 Minister outlines proposals to eradicate bTB New arrangements for compensation to farmers, steps to tackle TB in wildlife, the testing of non-bovines for bTB, and the increased use of the interferon gamma blood test in cattle will all be consulted upon as part of a new long-term strategy to eradicate bovine TB (bTB) from Northern Ireland, Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots announced today.
16 Jul, 2021 "HMG will have to produce radical proposals next week" - Lord Dodds Lord Nigel Dodds spells out the economic and constitutional realities that need to be addressed by the Government next week.
15 Jul, 2021 Gregory Campbell – “victims must always have access to justice” East Londonderry MP Gregory Campbell has welcomed the widespread opposition to the Government’s legacy proposals but emphasised that the early release of prisoners in 1998 was also a corruption of justice.
15 Jul, 2021 DUP Leader announces Seven Tests for HMG plans on NI Protocol DUP Leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson MP has set out Seven Tests for any new arrangements the Government would announce regarding the Northern Ireland Protocol. These tests are grounded not in a unionist wish list, but in promises that have already been made in one form or another, to the people of Northern Ireland. Mr Donaldson was speaking during a debate in the House of Commons on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
15 Jul, 2021 Gordon Lyons meets HMG Education Secretary .@Economy_NI Minister @gordonlyons1 today met @educationgovuk Secretary of State @gavinwilliamson to discuss issues of mutual importance, including university admissions for 2021/22 and the importance of skills development in the economic recovery pic.twitter.com/7tvj6cxeuw— Economy NI (@Economy_NI) July 15, 2021