Douglas Ricardo Beattie. Even the middle name, given to him by his late mother after screen heartthrob Ricardo Montalbán, hints at someone less conventional. There are many aspects of the former ...
The Ulster Unionist justice spokesperson was reacting to a “tense” sitting of the Assembly’s Executive Office committee this week – where evidence from the Women’s Rights Network Northern Ireland (WRN ...
Mike Nesbitt’s plans were revealed in a letter to Mr Beattie, who has pushed repeatedly in the Assembly for female-only spaces in certain settings, such as prisons. The Upper Bann MLA told the News ...
The UUP MLA has also questioned “the point in having" a minister if they can’t hold the police, ombudsman and courts to account – saying there has been a “staggering and pitiful” silence from Naomi ...
Doug Beattie, himself a former soldier with the Royal Irish Regiment and Royal Irish Rangers, was commenting on the "six new protections, rights and safeguards for Northern Ireland veterans" which the ...
The UUP MLA and justice spokesman said “serious questions remain” around the episode after the PPS revealed on Thursday that they do not intend to prosecute the ombudsman, Marie Anderson. Ms Anderson ...