Steve Aiken

The Irish Army on parade in Carndonagh

Dublin move to end UN veto on deployment of Irish soldiers 'a dose of realism'

European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic and Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris (right), at the New Forge complex in Belfast following the announcement of a funding plan will see 1.14 billion euro received through PeacePlus - with the UK supplying around 85 per cent of the funds

Letter: UK supplies majority of peace money

The new labelling on Asda produce says Not for EU on the second line of the label, a requirement of the new Windsor Framework which will be necessary from October. Photo: BBC

NI continues to diverge from rest of the UK when it comes to Brexit

Former Royal Navy Submarine Commander Steve Aiken says Belfast will resonate more than most cities with the Titanic sub tragedy.

Aiken: Belfast will resonate with Titanic sub tragedy more than most

Former submarine commander Steve Aiken urged people to pray for those in the missing submersible.
Photo: PA Liam McBurney.

Steve Aiken urges prayers for missing Titanic sub crew and passengers

Ireland's sole combat plane, the PC9 (inset: Steve Aiken)

Ex-nuke sub boss: Irish govt are freeloaders over military reliance on UK & NATO

UUP finance spokesperson Steve Aiken

'Stark reality' of NI’s Public Finances highlighted in NI Fiscal Council report

Jeremy Hunt in the Commons, 15-03-23

Budget March 2023: Sammy Wilson wonders if EU will be able to block budget plans

(left to right) DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, Baroness Kate Hoey, and former first minister Dame Arlene Foster outside the UK Supreme Court in London, where judges are delivering a ruling on the lawfulness of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The legality of the contentious trading arrangements has been challenged by a collective of unionists and Brexiteers. The protocol, which is a key aspect of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, was jointly designed by London and Brussels to keep Ireland's land border free flowing following the UK's departure from the EU. Picture date: Wednesday February 8, 2023. PA Photo. Arguments were considered by the UK's highest court at a two-day hearing last year after the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling in Belfast High Court dismissing the legal challenge. See PA story COURTS Brexit. Photo credit should read: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Protocol latest: 'The Union is not as safe as we were told in 1998'

RETRANSMITTING ADDING NAMES DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (left), Ben Habib (second left), Baroness Kate Hoey (centre), and former first minister Dame Arlene Foster (right), outside the UK Supreme Court in London, where judges are delivering a ruling on the lawfulness of the Northern Ireland Protocol. The legality of the contentious trading arrangements has been challenged by a collective of unionists and Brexiteers. The protocol, which is a key aspect of the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, was jointly designed by London and Brussels to keep Ireland's land border free flowing following the UK's departure from the EU. Picture date: Wednesday February 8, 2023.

Northern Ireland Protocol case: Here are the five applicants in their own words

Steve Aiken

Protocol court challenge fails: Aiken says ruling 'shows up inconsistencies'

Protocol checks are taking place at NI ports

Deal allowing NI access to EU Single Market must not sacrifice UK free trade

Steve Aiken

UUP to raise 'inadequate' civil service pay offer with Permanent Secretary

Aisling Reilly

Sinn Fein MLA tells unionist: 'Will your intervention be in Irish?'

Energy bill

Wholesale energy price drops 'must be passed on': Steve Aiken

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his autumn statement yesterday

Letters: Statement highlights challenges to economy
A letter from Steve Aiken

Boris Johnson at 2019 DUP event just before the party endorsed his first planned protocol

Steve Aiken: Peter Robinson is in no position to lecture us given his own errors

UUP MLA Steve Aiken

Boris return not for good of country, says former UUP boss Steve Aiken

The former Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, pictured during a Press Conference at Parliament Buildings, Stormont in Belfast.
Picture By: Arthur Allison.

'Never trust a Tory': Former UUP leader Steve Aiken on PM hopefuls

Sammy Wilson

Mini-budget gets mixed reaction from NI parties

Steve Aiken speaking on a previous occasion in Stormont; the Assembly is current

UUP's Steve Aiken demands London draw up budget for Northern Ireland

The Ulster Unionist Party Leader, Steve Aiken OBE MLA, pictured during a Press Conference at Parliament Buildings, Stormont in Belfast.
Picture By: Arthur Allison.

Steve Aiken: Local parties ‘should have input on protocol solution’

Fuel prices for NI are now two-thirds higher than they were in summer 2020

Jill Macauley with party leader, Doug Beattie

UUP stalwart welcomes ‘new talent’ taking over as party chairwoman

Press Eye - Belfast - Northern Ireland - 6th May 2022 -
Northern Ireland Assembly Election Count at Ulster University, Jordanstown
Sinn Feins Declan Kearney who has made the required amount of votes at the first count.

Photo by Stephen Hamilton / Press Eye.

ELECTION 2022: South Antrim – SF's all-Ireland chairman trounces all comers

How the Russian state broadcaster’s popular ‘60 Minutes’ programme informed viewers of the country’s nuclear missile capability.

Russian nuclear simulation a ‘wake up call to Republic on neutrality’

Kyiv was expected to become a version of Stalingrad. Instead, that horror has been visited on Mariupol, above (in this image a Russian soldier is seen at the city's damaged drama theatre)

Steve Aiken: The Russians are still not winning the war in Ukraine
Military history is replete with unexpected victories and outcomes against seemingly impossible odds.

Belfast International Airport

Queues highlight need for investment at Belfast International Airport

A deserted downtown Kyiv yesterday as the authorities declare a 35 hour curfew in the capital. Much of the 2.9 million population has fled eastward If the city is still in Ukrainian hands as the spring thaw sets in, the Russian military will be approaching operational failure, writes Steve Aiken

Steve Aiken: Kyiv is the critical battle in Russia-Ukraine war

Letter to the editor

It isn’t just rogue states that we need to fear

Dr Steve Aiken OBE MLA is a former leader of the Ulster Unionist Party. He was a Royal Navy officer for 30 years, and was a member of the Directing Staff and is a graduate of the Joint Services Advanced Command & Staff Course

If Putin is appeased then Iran, China and Nth Korea will draw conclusions

News Letter editorial

Even the mildest Russian territorial goal now is totally unacceptable

Ulster Unionist Party MLA Steve Aiken and former submarine commander with the Royal Navy. Picture by Arthur Allison.

Ukraine has too many parallels for comfort with world wars: Aiken

Farmers from across Northern Ireland protesting today to urge politicians to reject attempts to toughen up proposed climate change laws.

The Ulster Farmers Union and agri-food business groups are calling on Stormont's elected representatives to back proposed legislation that would seek to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 82% by 2050. Photo by Jonathan Porter // Press Eye

MLAs agree to climate bill zero emissions concession

News Letter editorial

Truss needs to take a Frost-style approach to NI Protocol, not a pro Dublin one

UUP MLA Steve Aiken

Steve Aiken urges caution over any new powers for MLAs to raise tax revenue

Burning wood pellets

RHI: Radical reform to civil service needed, says Steve Aiken

Former NI Secretary Peter Hain. Photo: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker

Peter Hain backs Louise Haigh over position on NI’s status

The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, left, with Boris Johnson, centre, and Joe Biden, second from right, at the G7 in Cornwall in June, months before the three countries signed a controversial defence deal which annoyed Emmanuel Macron of France, right

Steve Aiken: The Aukus defence deal signals an American shift towards UK from EU

Mark Tait

Ulster haulier says his firm is possibly months from collapse over NI Protocol

9/11

‘The West inflicted many 9/11s in Iraq and Afghanistan’ says MLA

Range of unionists flatly reject Leo Varadkar's call for Irish unification

New UUP leader Doug Beattie outside Ulster Unionist headquarters on the Belmont Road in east Belfast, ahead of Mr Beattie's formal ratification as leader. Picture date: Thursday May 27, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story ULSTER UUP . Photo credit should read: David Young/PA Wire

My leadership will be ‘rough around the edges’, says UUP boss Doug Beattie

Cllr Jim Rodgers in the shadows of the Harland and Wolff cranes.
Picture by Brian Little

Longest serving councillor in Belfast has UUP whip restored

Doug Beattie after he was confirmed as new Ulster Unionist leader. With him is UUP Health Minister Robin Swann.
Picture By: Arthur Allison.

Doug Beattie to succeed Steve Aiken unchallenged as UUP leader

UUP MLA Doug Beattie

Beattie: If UUP does not lose any MLAs I will consider it a success

UUP MLA Mike Nesbitt during a press conference at Stormont to give reaction to the finding the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) has not recommended prosecution for anyone concerned in relation to the funeral of prominent Irish Republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast on 30 June 2020. The funeral attracted 2,000 mourners at a time when only 30 people were permitted at public gatherings. PA Photo. Picture date: Tuesday March 30 2021. See PA story ULSTER Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Mike Nesbitt tips Doug Beattie to be next leader of UUP

UUP leadership candidate, Doug Beattie, MLA.

UUP leadership favourite Doug Beattie rules out single NI unionist party

Doug Beattie at Parliament Buildings, Stormont this morning, just hours befor he announced he was standing to be leader of the UUP

Doug Beattie to stand for leadership of Ulster Unionist Party

Alex Kane: Steve Aiken is a decent man, but not what the UUP wanted or needed

Steve Aiken officially tenders his resignation.

Photo by Kelvin Boyes /Press Eye.

Steve Aiken formally resigns as UUP leader saying: I’m aware of my limitations

Steve Aiken, MLA (centre), Robbie Butler, MLA, (left) and Doug Beattie, MLA, (right) pictured in Stormont on Monday morning.

DUP 'nastiness' not for UUP as party begin search for Steve Aiken successor

Steve Aiken being elected for the first time to Stormont in 2016, as an Ulster Unionist MLA for South Antrim

I would like to thank Steve Aiken for his leadership of our party

UUP MLAs Douge Beattie and Robbie Butler joked on social media about wrestling for the leadership of their party.

Butler suggests ‘bare bellies in the yard’ with Beattie for UUP leadership

News Letter editorial

Steve Aiken came forward to be leader of the UUP when no-one else did