Roy Beggs

A map of Mid and East Antrim

Rare absence of bad news for the UUP as it holds firm in Mid and East Antrim

Carrick Castle

Election 2023 - Mid and East Antrim: DUP will be vying for top spot again

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson speaks in the Great Hall at Parliament Buildings, Stormont

‘Splintered unionism’ to blame for lost seats, insists DUP leader

Former DUP MLA Mervyn Storey. Photo: Stephen Davison/Pacemaker

Mervyn Storey: we have seen a toxic brand of unionism delivering division

Roy Beggs in a pre-election message this week

ELECTION 2022: East Antrim – The Beggs dynasty comes crashing down after four de...

Gordon Lyons

ELECTION 2022: East Antrim – DUP man leads the pack as Alliance poll strongly

Roy Beggs has long been the key figure for the UUP in East Antrim

ELECTION 2022: East Antrim – UUP veteran Roy Beggs struggling for survival

Three sacked P&O crew members, left to right Colin Mansfield, Gail Dowey and Daniel McDonald protest at Larne Port after P&O Ferries suspended sailings and handed 800 seafarers immediate severance notices. Picture: PA Wire/PA images

P&O lambasted by DUP leader over ‘disgraceful’ treatment of ferry staff

Letter to the editor

It is vital that the Larne-Cairnryan ferry route continues

Northern Ireland Water almost ran out of funding for services in January

NI Water almost ran out of money in January

Eden village. Image by Google.

New housing proposed at site of former post office on outskirts of Carrickfergus

A map showing proposed routes for a proposed bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland

'Boris Bridge study placed welcomed focus on NI's links with GB'

Figures show that despite testing more cars each month, the MOT service is still a long way from keeping pace with the applications

Demand for action over NI's MOT backlog as motorists 'struggle to stay on road'

An aerial view of Islandmagee.

Islandmagee gas caverns storage plan has ‘appropriate controls in place’ - DAERA

The last six NI secretaries, spanning a decade: top row, L-R – Owen Paterson, Theresa Villiers, James Brokenshire

Tory reshuffle: ‘Brandon Lewis kept on as reward for slavish obedience’

Stormont’s deputy speaker Roy Beggs put the matter of Mike Nesbitt's libel reform bill to an oral vote, and there were no objectors

Mike Nesbitt’s libel reform bill unanimously passes vote to go to next stage
A Stormont proposal to reform Northern Ireland’s libel laws passed to the committee stage yesterday.
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Doug Beattie pictured in Stormont this week with (L-R) Danny Kennedy, Robbie Butler, and Steve Aiken

UUP 'must have greater racial, gender & age mix'

Roy Beggs is the UUP's longest-serving MLA

Veteran UUP MLA will not toe party line on ‘conversion therapy’ motion

Stewart Dickson MLA.

Police aware of ‘anti-vax’ leaflets distributed in Whitehead

Jackie Glover with former Carrick manager, Gary Haveron. Pic Carrick Rangers.

Carrick Rangers FC’s chief steward Jackie Glover was ‘a friend to all’

The medical supplies company has two sites in Larne.

Terumo job losses ‘worrying’ for Larne’s manufacturing sector

An artist's impression of the new Islandmagee Primary School.

New Islandmagee school plan progresses to application stage

Depleted shelves in Sainsburys at the Forestside shopping centre in Belfast. PA Photo. Picture date: Monday January 11, 2021. Photo: David Young/PA Wire

Hauliers spending tens of thousands to bring empty lorries to Northern Ireland

Empty shelves at the Sainsbury's store at the Forestside shopping centre in Belfast

Hauliers ‘spending thousands of pounds’ bringing empty lorries back to NI

UUP MLA Roy Beggs with Larne Port – where EU officials will oversee the new Irish Sea border –in the background

DUP gambled the Union for a hard Brexit: UUP

Infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon

‘We cannot speed up training of driving test examiners’ says minister amid backl...

The US manufacturing firm, is planning to cut 700 jobs.
Picture by: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker Press

Scale of Larne job losses ‘will shock the community’
East Antrim MP Sammy Wilson says plans to axe 700 jobs at Caterpillar is a devastating blow for the Larne economy.
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Wind turbines. File photo

Stormont working to recover windmill cash

Large wind turbines had their output restricted to get the most lucrattive subsidy

Turbines had output cut to qualify for NIRO cash – but at cost to public

The school currently operates across the former Kilcoan and Mullaghdubh sites

New build for Islandmagee Primary School moves a step closer

Roy Beggs MLA.

Beggs keeps green active travel infrastructure on the agenda for East Antrim

Casement Park in west Belfast

Overspend on GAA venue Casement Park would ‘fund five new primary schools’

Sinn Fein's Gerry Kelly.

Gerry Kelly and Jim Wells to become temporary deputy speakers at Stormont

Larne test centre (image Google).

East Antrim MLA challenges minister over ‘slow progress’ on return of MOT centre...

Roy Beggs MLA, David Neill, DNES Ltd and Alan Caldwell, Ashgrove Engineering

MEA companies develop solution for new Covid-19 hand hygiene

Larne test centre (image Google).

Driving instructors seeking measured return to work

Carrickfergus Academy. (Image by Google).

Carrickfergus Academy case highlighted again in wake of education funding announ...

Passengers disembark from a train in Londonderry. The Department for Infrastructure has warned public tranport could ‘collapse’ without new cash

Translink ‘on brink of collapse’ with £29m deficit

Translink bus

Almost £30million needed to prevent collapse of NI Transport network

Carrickfergus Academy operates at the former Downshire School and Carrick College sites (images by Google).

School to meet Minister over new build calls

MOT tests have been suspended for cars and light vehicles across Northern Ireland

MOT crisis: 12 weeks before new vehicle lifts will arrive, says MLA

The target for patients to begin cancer treatment after diagnosis is 95%

Health crisis: Worst cancer treatment waiting times on record

May Steele MBE JP with Roy Beggs MLA.

Further tributes to UUP stalwart May Steele

Flowers were left along the river in Larne after the tragic accident

Gracie Gordon Larne tragedy: ‘Dark cloud’ over town after teen’s death

Flowers were left along the river in Larne after the tragic accident

Gracie Gordon Larne tragedy: ‘Dark cloud’ over town after teen’s death

One in six English patients had to wait more than four hours to be seen at A&E

England’s ‘worst ever’ A&E performance still better than NI

Over 8,000 people spent 12 hours or more in A&Es during the last quarter

Worsening A&E wait times show ‘need for direct rule minister’

An anti-abortion protestor walks with a cross on Monday at Stormont as the assembly sat for the first time in nearly three years after being recalled in a last-ditch attempt to stop abortion law changes.
Photo Laura Davison/Pacemaker Press

Carla Lockhart: The SDLP had it within their power to stop extreme new abortion ...

Top surgeon Mark Taylor said a grown up conversation was needed about the future of the NI health service

Edwin Poots: Health service changes difficult but necessary

Roy Beggs MLA.

Beggs hits out at breast cancer service ‘crisis’

A rally was held at Ballygally carpark on Monday evening.

Ballygally rally after parade restrictions

Drag queen Electra La Cnt caused controversy when she used profane language at last year's Alternative Queer Ulster event

UUP MLA backs controversial LGBT event at Stormont

Over 100,000 NI outpatients now waiting over a year to see consultant

Mayor Cllr. Maureen Morrow welcomed CRS representatives to the Braid in Ballymena recently. Pictured L-R is Sharon Gibson, CRS Regional Fundraising Officer; Lisa Kirkwoord, CRS Support Team Member; Andrea Tolton, CRS Support Team Officer; Norman Worthington, District Commander of CRS Central and Cllr Mayor Maureen Morrow.

Mayor pledgessupport forrescue service

NIAS

Response times fall ‘outrageous’