Make sure Exploris is sustainable - NI Tories 13th August 2014 NI Conservatives’ economy spokesman, Johnny Andrews, has appealed to the Executive and Ards Borough Council to make sure that the Exploris Aquarium has a... Local News
Don't allow populism and ignorance to stop fracking 12th August 2014 NI Conservatives’ economy spokesman, Johnny Andrews, has warned Stormont’s environment minister not to allow “populism and ignorance” to cloud a realistic... Local News
Sinn Féin / DUP lack any credibility on welfare 8th August 2014 Both Sinn Féin and the DUP “lack the least shred of credibility” on the issue of welfare reform, according to NI Conservatives’ spokesman, Mark Brotherston. Local News
Don't punish private sector workers, Tories tell minister 7th August 2014 Regional Development Minister, Danny Kennedy, mustn’t “target private sector workers”, as his department looks to make cuts, following the Executive’s deal on a... Local News
Bungling Stormont ministers appear untouchable - NI Tories 7th August 2014 The social development minister has shown that he is “shameless and arrogant”, by refusing to apologise to companies he accused of over-charging the housing... Local News
Important to mark beginning of WW1 - Brotherston 4th August 2014 It is important for people “on both sides of the Irish border”, to mark the sacrifice of “tens of thousands of young men who died during World War 1, according... Local News
Monitoring round fiasco shows Executive's incompetence 1st August 2014 NI Conservatives have claimed that the main reason the Northern Ireland economy is lagging behind the rest of the UK is the ineptitude of the Stormont Executive... Local News
Aquarium cash welcome, but Tories urge management rethink 1st August 2014 NI Conservatives’ spokesman, Johnny Andrews, has welcomed news that the Executive will invest £900,000 to keep the Exploris Aquarium in Portaferry open. However... Local News
Nationalist parties 'disrespectful' to Secretary of State over parade proposals 1st August 2014 N ationalist parties’ reaction to proposals by the Secretary of State to resolve the parades’ dispute in north Belfast was “not constructive or respectful”... Local News