Tag Archives: SAMMY WILSON

DUP councillor Ruth Patterson appears in court over an offensive Facebook comment

THE former deputy lord mayor of Belfast has faced a court on Thursday charged with sending an electronic message that was grossly offensive. But Ruth … more


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UUP leader Mike Nesbitt to introduce Prviate Member

UUP leader Mike Nesbitt MLA says Northern Ireland needs to update its defamation laws in Northern Ireland in a bid to clamp down on abusive messages … more


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Simon Hamilton signs in as the new Stormont Finance Minister watched by First Minister Peter Robinson and outgoing minister Sammy Wilson

DUP STRANGFORD MLA Simon Hamilton has been appointed the new Finance Minister at the Stormont Executive. He replaces the DUP’s Sammy Wilson and takes up … more


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Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness near to agreeing deal on flags issue

PETER Robinson and Martin McGuinness are preparing to unveil a plan to resolve the issue of flying flags over government buildings across Northern Ireland. The … more


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The Union flag flies over Belfast City Hall on only designated days now

FINANCE Minister Sammy Wilson is shelling out up to £10,000 of public money on erecting further poles to fly Union flags in Belfast. The assembly’s Department for Finance and … more


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Publicans meet in The Northern Whig to plan

THE STORMONT Executive has thrown its weight behind an advertising campaign to help Belfast traders who have suffered over the Union flag protest. Finance Minister Sammy … more


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UUP leader Mike Nesbitt attending Unionist Forum meeting in east Belfast

POLITICIANS, clergy and community workers are holding a meeting of the Unionist Forum in east Belfast on Friday afternoon. UUP leader Mike Nesbitt, DUP MLA Robin Newton, … more


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IT IS not hard to know who holds the purse strings in the Stormont Executive – and is it not the Alliance Party. On a … more


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PRIME Minister David Cameron will make a decision soon on whether to cut Northern Ireland’s corportation taxi in a bid to boost jobs and the … more


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FOUR SENIOR Stormont Executive Ministers are in London today for last ditch talks on cutting corportation tax. Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Sammy Wilson and Arlene … more


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