Robbie Butler

A doctor

New GP contract will make it easier for patients to get appointments

Bowel cancer testing kit

Screening for bowel cancer in NI now begins at 59-years

Ulster Unionist Deputy Leader and Agriculture Spokesperson Diana Armstrong MLA

'Biomethane consultation must deliver what Assembly already voted for'

NIFRS Board Member Paul Kennedy, Deputy Lieutenant of Co Tyrone Reverend Canon Matthew Hagan MBE DL, NIFRS Chief Fire & Rescue Officer Aidan Jennings (Headquarters)

In pictures: Employees recognised for their outstanding contribution to NIFRS

Photo caption - left to right front row: Lisa McWilliams SPPG, Lynn Darragh SE Trust, Health Minister Robbie Butler and Allison Beal RNOH / GIRFT. left to right back row: Joanne Edgar, Professor Tim Briggs Chair GIRFT, Professor Mark Taylor DoH and Bev Oates GIRFT.

Lagan Valley day procedure awarded with 'Getting It Right First Time'

Minister Andrew Muir

New legislation will help deal with unsightly and run-down buildings

Diana Armstrong

Diana Armstrong welcomes Dilapidation Bill and calls for funding to make it work

L-R Health Minister Robbie Butler joins Aidan Jennings, Chief Fire and Rescue Officer and Paula White, Director of Finance and Support Services to welcome a £16m investment in new NIFRS appliances and equipment.

£16m investment set to strengthen NIFRS emergency response across NI

Stormont

Chris Bryant to meet parties as MLAs return to Stormont from summer break

Pic 2 - Health Minister Robbie Butler (centre) and Professor Mark Taylor (left) with South West GP Federation and FSU representatives.

Health Minister Robbie Butler highlights gynaecology care closer to home

Blurred figures of people with medical uniforms in hospital corridor

Surgeons raise concerns over services in letter to Health Minister

Diana Armstrong

New Chair of the AERA Committee - Diana Armstrong

Blurred figures of people with medical uniforms in hospital corridor

New health minister Robbie Butler faces full in-tray, committee told

UUP MLA Robbie Butler announced as new Health Minister after party colleague Mike Nesbitt resigned. Robbie Butler pictured signing in at the Speaker’s Office at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Robbie Butler MLA appointed Minister of Health - 'I am ready to get to work'

UUP’s Robbie Butler

Robbie Butler set to be appointed Stormont’s health minister

Robbie Butler

Butler: Minister should do the right thing and stand down
AERA committee chairman Robbie Butler has accused Minister Andrew Muir of a ‘disgraceful slur’ on the Ulster Farmers’ Union after he appeared to blame the organised for ‘a lot of the problems’ facing the industry.
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AERA committee chairman Robbie Butler

Review falls well short of the independent inquiry - Butler

Robbie Butler (pictured) encouraged Sir Chris Bryant to be an "ambitious cheerleader for Northern Ireland".

Butler urges new Secretary of State to champion NI's role in UK food security

Agriculture Minster Andrew Muir Picture by PressEye

Agriculture minister orders external review into Fivemiletown cattle killing

Minister Andrew Muir

'The fact we don't have a budget, concerns me greatly' - Agriculture Minister

Woodshed with logs cut and perfectly aligned for heating during winter

The threat to the wood-burning stove in NI was examined today at Stormont

Lagan Valley MLA Robbie Butler

"Cut the gorse, not the grazing" - Robbie Butler

Slurry tanker

Robbie Butler calls for securing control of our energy & food production destiny

Road Closed

Plans in place to 'resolve concerns and strengthen' Dilapidation Bill

Algae in lough neagh

DAERA called to 'redouble its efforts to support Lough Neagh fishers'

UUP MLA Robbie Butler

UUP MLA Robbie Butler supports Sinn Fein Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Bill

Agriculture Minster Andrew Muir pictured at the event. Picture by PressEye

Agriculture Minister Andrew Muir defends claims of mismanagement at AFBI farm
The Agriculture minister, Andrew Muir, today defended claims of mismanagement at the AFBI farm in Hillsborough as ‘inaccurate’.
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Stormont

Apprenticeships in agriculture mooted with upsurge of ‘young people in farming’

AERA committee chairman Robbie Butler

Muir urged to stop hiding behind flawed planning guidance

AERA committee chairman Robbie Butler

Butler urges farmers to cooperate with restrictions in place around Bluetongue

UUP MLA Robbie Butler speaking at the NI Farming Awards

Robbie Butler is guest speaker at the 2025 NI Farming Awards

Family Business of the Year, sponsored by Beatty stores Antrim, went to J Alexander and Son, Omagh.

Full list: Winners of annual Farming Awards revealed

The UUP's Robbie Butler

Campaign theme ‘Stronger Together: Safer Communities’

Robbie Butler has highlighted the scope for Northern Ireland’ initial Climate Action Plan to be used as a means of reducing livestock numbers.

Climate Action Plan has the scope to bring about significant herd reduction meas...

Robbie Butler

"We need to future-proof our hill farming sector, not leave it behind”

Attending the Northern Ireland Farm Family Day at Stormont, l to r: William Irwin MLA; Robbie Butler MLA; Will McCluggage, Ballyclare and John McLenaghan, deputy president, UFU

Butler sponsors annual Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) Family Farm Day

Enjoying the Northern Ireland Farm Family Day at Stormont, l to r: Glenn Cuddy, deputy president UFU; Declan McAleer MLA, AERA William Irvine, president, UFU.

Northern Ireland’s Farm Family Day was hosted by the Ulster Farmer's Union

UFU president William Irvine with the Mid Tyrone group managers Ruth Pollock, Shannen Vance and Stewart Grey (winner of Mary Wilson Trophy).

Over 250 guests attended the Ulster Farmers’ Union annual dinner

UFU president William Irvine

Northern Ireland Farm Family Day taking place on Monday 7 April

Earlier this week, Robbie Butler MLA had concerns raised with him by a local dairy farmer who was deeply upset by the Viva! Cinema advert, 'Dairy is Scary'. (Pic: stock image)

Butler raises concerns over ‘Dairy is Scary’ advert

UFU president William Irvine with the Larne group managers Geoff Thompson and Rickey Lee (winner of Cuthbert Trophy).

Over 250 guests attended the Ulster Farmers’ Union annual dinner

English Minister of Agriculture John Gummer tried to reassure the nation over BSE in 1990 by feeding a beefburger to his daughter Cordelia. Photo: PA

'New divergence' between NI and GB on feeding remains to livestock

Butler raises clinic concerns

Butler wants funding pledge for farmers' mental health

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