Why did the UUP’s Mike Nesbitt resign as Northern Ireland’s minister for health?
Leader Jon Burrows is under pressure to bring stability to a party that finds itself in a political crisis
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Northern Ireland’s UUP health minister quits with swipe at his party leader
Resignation follows fallout between Mike Nesbitt and Jon Burrows over policy on Causeway Hospital in Co Derry
Stormont Minister of Health Mike Nesbitt resigns
Former UUP leader came under pressure from campaigners against withdrawal of emergency general surgery from Causeway Hospital
Westminster being ‘unfair’ to NI over public services budget, Minister says
Andy Burnham has not visited the North because he ‘does not have news yet’ on funding
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Former police officer vows to ‘arrest stagnation’ in run to lead Ulster Unionist Party
Jon Burrows, co-opted to Assembly seat, says he would aim to attract more women and younger people to party
Mike Nesbitt to step down as leader of Ulster Unionist Party
Strangford MLA indicates wish to remain as Minister of Health, but that decision to rest with successor
Armistice Day marked by political leaders in Northern Ireland
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly attends Stormont event cited as reason for not attending inauguration of President Catherine Connolly
United Ireland could result in unionists holding Dáil’s balance of power, UUP leader says
Mike Nesbitt warns ‘biggest threat’ to NI remaining part of UK is English nationalism
Who do you call if you want to speak to the leader of unionism? It’s complicated
The DUP has accepted second place at Stormont. But it doesn’t know how to lead unionism from there
Fermanagh shooting: Mother and two children dead, man in hospital
Police say they responded to an emergency call made from inside the house at about 7.50am
A GP strike could be the beginning of the end of free primary care in Northern Ireland
Minister for Health Mike Nesbitt’s negotiating tactics are remarkably aggressive. Has he overplayed his hand?
Tributes paid after death of former NI Civil Service chief Kenneth Bloomfield
Sir Kenneth began his career in public service in the 1950s and survived an IRA bomb attack on his home in 1988
Minister keen to reinstate cross-border health scheme to tackle Northern Ireland waiting lists
A treatment reimbursement scheme with the Republic closed in 2022 due to a lack of funding
Unionists and Sinn Féin have ‘common goal’ of making NI work, says Ulster Unionist leader
SF must make idea of Irish unity ‘look attractive to people in Dublin and Limerick and Galway’, says Mike Nesbitt
Alan Gilsenan: ‘I would have had a dreamy, artsy-fartsy notion that a united Ireland would be great’
In The Irish Question, his new documentary, the film-maker asks what reunification of the island would really mean
North’s Assembly unable to function as DUP blocks speaker
British PM and Taoiseach to try break logjam while EU angry over London protocol threat
NI Assembly unable to function after DUP blocks vote for speaker
Sinn Féin Stormont leader accuses DUP of ‘holding society to ransom’ over protocol
Michelle O’Neill’s election as NI's next first minister unlikely to be swift
DUP’s protocol demands could lead to protracted negotiations and possible re-run
Northern Ireland election: UK calls on DUP to nominate deputy first minister
‘New era for Northern Ireland,’ says O’Neill as Sinn Féin claims historic victory in election
DUP queries whether President is ‘snubbing’ North centenary events
Peter Weir writes to Michael D Higgins over decision not to attend church service
PSNI not considering ‘all-island policing’, says North’s Chief Constable
Simon Byrne says wording in cross-Border policing report was ‘misunderstood’
PSNI chief under mounting pressure from unionist politicians
Simon Byrne facing into political storm in wake of policing review in south Armagh
Newton Emerson: Stormont’s rejection of amnesty rings hollow
NI parties miles apart on contentious issue, with little prospect of common ground
Clinton, Pelosi among guests to honour John Hume in virtual tribute
Taoiseach and Mary McAleese to also attend online ceremony for Northern peace leader
Northern Ireland representative to US Norman Houston dies in Belfast
Civil servant a ‘true diplomat’ at centre of discussions with US on northern politics
Coronavirus death toll in Northern Ireland rises to 381
Former UUP leader Mike Nesbitt apologises for breaking lockdown restrictions
Former UUP leader: Unionism must realise it is no longer a majority in Northern Ireland
“Wake up, the old certainties have gone,” says Mike Nesbitt at launch of sectarianism report
Stormont talks breakthrough: Simon Coveney and Julian Smith present new deal
Agreement is ‘filled with compromises’ but is ‘fair, balanced and inclusive’,Tánaiste says
Newton Emerson: UUP has one chance to make a difference
Allowing the DUP to claim to speak for every unionist has led to disaster
Unionists ‘could hold balance of power into perpetuity’ in all-Ireland parliament
Former UUP leader Mike Nesbitt says unionism will not disappear in united Ireland
Unionists fear return to violence, loss of identity in united Ireland – new study
Senator Mark Daly says Government must establish second New Ireland Forum
Seamus Mallon: Irish unity by numbers won’t work
Premature Border Poll may deliver narrow, unworkable majority for unity
Brexit will leave Irish citizens in NI ‘especially vulnerable’ says activist
Irish citizenship rights in NI under Belfast Agreement ‘being denied’ – Emma DeSouza
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