Robin Swann

New death duties have plunged farming families across Northern Ireland into money stress, industry bodies have said, leaving them worried they won't be able to afford to inherit the family land. Photo: James Hardisty

MPs call on Westminster to scrap family farm inheritance tax

Ulster Unionist Mark Ovens is to be banned from sitting as a councillor for two months for code of conduct breaches over his Stormont role. Photo: Fermanagh and Omagh Council

UUP councillor suspended for breaking rules over Stormont special advisor role

Martin Reid (left) played 'Uncle Andy' and Tim McGarry played 'Da' in Give My Head Peace, which has now been axed due to cutbacks.

MP tables motion against BBC cutting 'Give My Head Peace'

In the wake of this week's incident involving two swans trapped by pollution, MP Robin Swann has pledged to once again bring Lough Neagh to Westminster. Photo: House of Commons

Swans stuck on Lough Neagh pollution to be raised at Westminster - by Swann

Irish Moiled exhibitors Michelle McCauley, Dungannon and Ruby Delaney, Moira. Picture: Julie Hazelton

Increased entries as sun shines on highly successful Antrim Show

South Antrim MP Robin Swann.

UUP MP questions Andy Burnham's summer without scrutiny

Jim Shannon MP (centre, seated) has been re-elected as worshipful master of the Houses of Parliament Orange Lodge. DUP leader Gavin Robinson (left, standing) is his deputy.

Strangford MP re-elected as head of parliament Orange Lodge

Health minister Mike Nesbitt has said 'the main conclusion for me is that patients suffered serious harm'

Patients failed amid systemic governance failures, Urology Inquiry finds

Muckamore Abbey, run by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, was a hospital in Co Antrim for adults with severe learning disabilities and mental health needs.

Inquiry into abuse at Muckamore to publish its findings

Eoin Tennyson said no-one should take Alliance in government for granted

Alliance deputy raises possibility of party staying out of government after 2027

The Ulster Unionist deputy leader Diana Armstrong MLA and Jon Burrows MLA on the day he was ratified as UUP leader at the Stormont Hotel in east Belfast, speaking to Baroness (Daphne) Trimble, widow of the former UUP leader David Trimble, on Saturday January 31, 2026. Pic: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Ben Lowry: UUP has defied obituarists but faces crisis if Jon Burrows is ousted

UUP leader Jon Burrows MLA at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. He has yet to speak publicly about the resignation of Doug Beattie from the party. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Anonymous Ulster Unionist MLAs criticise Jon Burrows leadership

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pictured during his Monday speech in London, which was widely seen as a last-ditch effort to retain the support of his party. Today, multiple ministers have resigned from under him (James Manning/PA Wire)

Expected exit of PM 'offers a chance for Labour to drop its Troubles Bill'

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt said making hospital parking free is a "legitimate and a compassionate aim" but the financial situation facing the health and social care sector has "changed significantly".

MLAs backed three-year deferral of legislation on free hospital parking

MLAs have backed a three‑year deferral of legislation on free hospital parking.

Hospital parking charges to continue after Assembly backs delay

This image released by the Royal Thai Navy shows Thai cargo ship, Mayuree Naree, that was struck and set ablaze by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz today (Royal Thai Navy via AP)

UFU boss condemns 'profiteering' as he says farmers especially hit by oil spike
The UFU president has said that farmers have been doubly hit by the oil price spike since the Iran war began.
Adam Kula

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt is set to defer free hospital car parking - saying the money could be better spent on services. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

'Honesty needed' from politicians as Minister set to defer free hospital parking

McKeever Hotels is marking forty years of business success through a 12-month programme which celebrates its past achievements and looks forward to further growth and development. Eugene and Catherine McKeever, who founded the McKeever Hotel Group 40 years ago and have overseen its growth from Corr’s Corner in Newtownabbey in 1986 to a dynamic family business with seven hotels employing a 600-strong team

NI hotel group marks 40-years of family-run excellence with further growth

New UUP leader Jon Burrows and deputy leader Diana Armstrong after their ratification on Saturday.

Burrows promises to put unionism back on the front foot as he becomes UUP leader

Jon Burrows (right) arrives at the Stormont Hotel in Belfast as members of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) hold an EGM to elect a new leader and deputy leader. Photo: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

UUP will prepare to lead unionism again, new leader Burrows says

Ulster Unionist MLAs Jon Burrows and Diana Armstrong were unopposed in their bid to become party leader and deputy leader, respectively

Letter: I’m behind Burrows and Armstrong

The new legacy framework was unveiled in the autumn by Northern Ireland secretary Hilary Benn and the tánaiste (Irish deputy PM) Simon Harris

Doug Beattie: Legacy plan amounts to an amnesty by proxy

Outgoing Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt has said any decision to replace him as health minister would “perhaps raise questions”

Next UUP leader changing health minister would raise questions – Nesbitt

Political commentator and Presbyterian minister's son Dr John Coulter.

Dr John Coulter: Counting sheep! Past Memories of Young Farmers' Clubs

Translink's wish-list of four projects, unveiled today, could cost up to £4.47bn. Image: Translink

Rail expansion's £4.5bn price tag revealed

Pressure mounts on Evri over Christmas parcel delays in Northern Ireland

Pressure mounts on Evri over Christmas parcel delays in Northern Ireland

Certain Apple iPhones can't be sold in Northern Ireland because of EU rules on charging cables. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

MLA warns of 'creeping impact' of EU rules as some iPhones banned in NI
An MLA has warned that consumers in Northern Ireland are losing out this Christmas – after it emerged that some iPhones are no longer available here due to EU rules under the Windsor Framework.
David Thompson

East Londonderry UUP Association Chairman Robert Carmichael.

UUP slams budget as 'throwing farming communities under their tractors'.

Robin Swann has pointed out that the extra money pledged for NI is far outstripped by Stormont's overspend

Budget boost for Northern Ireland 'will not even touch the sides' says MP

Jim Allister has long been a prominent critic of the sea border, and renewed that criticism in the wake of today's budget

Government's budget move on sea border 'does not solve the problem'

Robin Swann has raised the issue of the feasibility study into a rail link to the international airport, calling for it to be published (photo by Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye)

Robin Swann demands details about possible rail link to international airport

NI passengers aren't able to avail of duty free products at local airports under Windsor Framework customs rules. Photo: Peter O'Hara Photography

NI passengers suffering under Protocol 'inequality' on airport duty free

NI Secretary Hilary Benn says his focus is on trying to improve the lives of the people here.

Hilary Benn: No appetite for ‘distant’ border poll

Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn now says that poppies are not covered by Irish Sea border rules. Photo: Lucy North/PA Wire

Government now says Poppies aren't covered by Irish Sea border

Stalls must display evidence they are entitled to sell poppies in Northern Ireland, under Irish Sea border rules.

Swann slams Government's 'dismissive' response to EU Poppy rules

MP raises pigeon rules. Photo: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Robin Swann slams 'time-consuming and expensive' pigeon rules

South Antrim MP Robin Swann says new EU requirements for poppy sellers in Northern Ireland are "unacceptable" and "absurd".

Poppy sellers in NI will need EU signs and stickers on Remembrance stalls

An Asian yellow legged hornet (vespa velutina), as shown on the website of the US Department of Agriculture

UUP MP raises concerns after invasive Asian hornet found in Northern Ireland

UUP MP Robin Swann.

UUP conference: Robin Swann attacks Labour government's record

Tanaiste Simon Harris (left) and Hillary Benn unveil legacy plan at Hillsborough Castle, giving Ireland joint control. Yet Ireland is suing the UK for its shelved amnesty plan, despite a former Irish Justice minister saying that Dublin had at the request of SF agreed that gardai would not investigate republicans. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Jon Burrows: It's shocking that UK has given Ireland joint authority over legacy

An MLA said Greggs famous vegan sausage roll could remain legal so long as it entered NI through the Windsor Framework's green lane. Photo : Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

NI vegetarian products face ‘absurd’ EU rebrand

Ulster Unionist Cllr Mark Cosgrove

Ald Mark Cosgrove and Robin Swann MP condemn the Desecration of the Glengormley ...

The TUV leader Jim Allister says he could not recommend that any victim engages with the new legacy commission

'It is an obscenity' - Jim Allister attacks Dublin's co-design of NI legacy plan

UUP MP Robin Swann.

Intertrade UK 'made up of good people' but 'useless' in scrutiny role

A respected panel of business experts make up Intertrade UK - chaired by Baroness Foster.

MPs slam Intertrade UK's lack of independence - as extent of NIO control emerges

Picture of some of the damage at Mossley Orange Hall. (Photo: Trevor Clarke MLA Facebook)

Vandalism at Mossley Orange Hall condemned by unionist politicians

SDLP Leader Claire Hanna said her party was delighted to take part in the Belfast Pride parade on Saturday.

Why was SDLP not banned from Belfast Pride Parade?

Planes at Belfast International Airport. Pic: Stephen Davison/Pacemaker

New moves for rail link to Belfast International Airport

Many in the UUP believe that too much of leader Mike Nesbitt's time is taken up by his role as Stormont's Health Minister. He is pictured here taking part in a walking football match during a walking football marathon - part of his drive for a healthier population. Photo: Jonathan McCambridge/PA Wire

UUP could be facing into a fresh summer crisis over MLA's replacement

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions. Photo: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

Chancellor Rachel Reeves in tears after government's welfare reform ‘shambles’

A meeting was held last month between the Chinese Consul General Li Nan and Northern Ireland's Finance Minister John O'Dowd. Photo: Chinese Consulate.

Swann slams Stormont minister's 'under the radar' China meeting

Campaigners in opposition of the assisted dying Bill in Westminster, central London, after the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed in the House of Commons

Assisted dying vote ‘is a dark turning point’ say NI church leaders

Colin Crawford (left) with Robin Swann following the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council election in May 2023

Colin Crawford steps down from role as UUP MLA for north Antrim

UUP Cllr Mark Ovens

Sinn Fein silencing of Ulster Unionist councillor raised in Parliament

Screen grab from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry live stream of Hazel Gray giving evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry in London. Photo: UK Covid-19 Inquiry/PA Wire

NI couple died after Covid ‘taken into house by carers’, daughter tells inquiry

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