I was delighted to support @BelfastBands with an event to launch their Suicide Safer Policy earlier this week. The event marked the first Safer Suicide Policy signed with Papyrus in Belfast and within the band fraternity. The Belfast Bands Forum is a shining example of how a

International Men’s Day Today we’re celebrating the positive male role models in our bands. Being part of a band is so much more than playing a few tunes, it’s leadership, youth work, mentoring, and sometimes even counselling. Often criticised, rarely acknowledged yet their

City Hall is illuminated in red, white & blue tonight to mark the birthday of King Charles III. From tomorrow (Sat 15 Nov), it will be lit up in various colours each evening (until 6 Jan), as the city prepares for Christmas. #BelfastLightsAtNight #BelfastChristmasCountdown

Today, I have formally submitted a legal call-in of Belfast City Council’s decision to fly the Palestinian flag over City Hall on behalf of the 3 Unionist parties. This decision was wrong, divisive, and entirely inappropriate for our city’s main civic building. Belfast City Hall

Convicted terrorist and Sinn Fein MLA Pat Sheehan has the absolute gall to talk about what he thinks Christians should believe in the Assembly right now. A man who believes the IRA terrorism and murder was justified pontificating on morality? Laughable if it wasn't disgusting.

Remembrance is such a poignant occasion for me, as I am sure it is for many others. Whilst the poppy represents all those fallen in conflicts since WW1, it is particularly associated with that conflict and WW2. It genuinely moves me knowing that young men my age made the

This morning, I was deeply honoured and privileged to represent the people of Balmoral at the Belfast City Cenotaph for the Remembrance Sunday service. It was a moment to pause and reflect on the immense sacrifice of those who gave their lives so that we might live in peace and

Apparently the big issue this week is that the Lord Mayor’s non-existent wreath isn’t bilingual.

Privileged to attend the Remembrance Evening at the Spectrum Centre last night. It was a wonderful evening of entertainment and reflection ending with a service of remembrance and poppy drop. The evening included a very moving flute solo from the incredibly talented Joshua

My ability to ask vital questions at the Education Committee to witnesses about pressing issues in our schools was hindered, because the Committee spent 20 minutes talking about isssues in the Middle East.

A visit to Israel does not mean that children will be forced to support or have classes that promote Israel. Yet these same people talk about the children and promote gender confusion and medical experiments on young children being taught in schools. Not to mention this

Belfast City Centre - Emergency Road Closure on Ormeau Ave at the Clayton Hotel due to an unsafe tree - Seek an alternative route as delays in the area are inevitable into the evening peak period (14:58)

Good grief. Is this the level of local politics? @sbunting_ and I have our differences but this is innane from Alliance as if all call-ins are all tied with quorums

Sinn Féin: “You can’t oppose another culture.” Then calls Marching Bands funding a “vanity project” while spending £1.9m on a draft Irish Language Policy, while crying poverty. Maybe the Council should reassess its priorities!

That’s because they had adverse community impact, just like the decision you took to fly the Palestinian flag on City Hall will have. We would have been agreeing minutes that were already agreed at committee, there would have been no reason to call those decisions in.

And you know as well as I do Tara that the meeting would have remained quorate and the City Solicitor, and Chief Executive confirmed the meeting could continue, so what terms could it be called in on?

The Alliance “solution” was to pander to the nationalist parties, beg them to come back, side with them on their proposal to fly the Palestinian flag and call for a vote of no confidence in the Education minister because he dared to visit a school in Israel, then spend today

Oh dear, if you’re going to do a wee video slating other parties Michael let’s get the facts right. 1. DUP did not “shut down debate”. As per the standing orders, which your party is usually very fond of following, the Lord Mayor stopped the discussion because it wasn’t

Belfast councillors vote to fly flag of Palestine at City Hall later this month @sbunting_ | @CarlJWhyte https://t.co/QkE6eaxU4h

Unionists slam Belfast street sign policy after Mandarin, Hebrew and Greek applications