Statement by TUV MLA Jim Allister:- “Last night’s brutal murder in Ballymoney has brought great shock and grief to this normally peaceful residential area. The perpetrators of this foul deed must be brought to justice. “My condolences are with the victim’s family and his five children robbed of a father. “Anyone in the community with […]
Statement by TUV Benbradagh councillor Boyd Douglas: “This week the Education Minister opened a new Irish language primary school in Dungiven. “On Wednesday he announced that an Irish-medium post-primary college would open in the village as well. “These developments have been met with incredulity by people across the Unionist community in the area, particularly those […]
Statement by North Antrim MLA Jim Allister: “I have always believed that the Minister was wrong on this issue. The decision by Mr Wells to run down the Dalriada by way of refusing new admissions while the “consultation” was ongoing made a nonsense of the exercise. “I greatly welcome the interim relief granted by the […]
Statement by TUV Comber councillor Stephen Cooper: “At the very time when the Irish Republic’s Government is involving itself as an interloper in the internal affairs of Northern Ireland and itself resisting inquiry into the role of Dublin in the creation and arming of the Provisional IRA this same foreign Government seeks, along with Sinn […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister: “The public are entitled to expect and get joined up thinking across government and particularly within the one department. But the Dalriada saga demonstrates that that isn’t even possible within the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety because now we know that while preparing for closure they […]
Statement by TUV Leader Jim Allister:- “Following weeks of representations and the tragic death of young Adam Gilmour, I have now been advised by the NEELB that finally they have agreed to have the Gilmour children picked up at their Loughill Road home, if and when they can face returning to that address. “This was […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “I am disappointed Minister Wells has gone for a fudge on Dalriada hospital. While he concedes a consultation, it is in the context of no new admissions. Thereby, the Dal will continue to be run down, while the motions of consultation are gone through. “The belated establishment of a […]
TUV leader Jim Allister and DSD committee member at Stormont has hit out at the payment of a ‘Neighbourhood Renewal’ grant of £350,000 by DSD to Lurgan Golf Club. However, Jim Allister has also discovered that a member of the club, who is a senior official in DSD, was involved in processing the application, but […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “Late this afternoon I had a straight-talking meeting with the Chief Executive of the NEELB and his senior officials, arising from the tragic death of young Adam Gilmour. I was accompanied by Adam’s grandmother and cousin. “I was disappointed by some of the answers received. For example, when I […]
Statement by TUV leader Jim Allister:- “The admission to me by the Health minister, during Assembly Question Time today, that his predecessor, earlier this year, had given a written assurance on the future of Dalriada Hospital, introduces a radically new dimension into the debate on its proposed closure. “By such correspondence Minister Poots, and thereby […]