Matthew Shanks - DUP

01/09/2026

Back at it! 💪

🏢 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 👋

Hope everyone had a good Bank Holiday weekend!

My Lisburn office is back open and, as always, you’re welcome to call in anytime if there’s anything I or the team can help with.

📍 15 Bachelors Walk, Lisburn, BT28 1JX

You can also get us on:

📞 028 9266 1100
📧 [email protected]

Whatever the issue, big or small, please feel free to get in touch - we’re here to help!

Lagan Valley DUP

30/08/2026

🚓 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲

I’ve always taken a real interest in community safety and making sure concerns raised by local people are heard and acted on.

Through my work with Dunmurry Community Association, I’ve been pleased to work closely with our local PSNI team and help build better engagement between the police and the community.

On Friday evening, we had another really positive meeting with local residents and the PSNI, with plenty of issues raised and discussed.

One thing that came across clearly – please report things! If the police don’t know something is happening, it’s much harder for them to deal with it or put resources into the area.

And if you don’t want to go through 101 yourself, you can always get in touch with me. Just send me the date, approximate time and what happened, and I’m happy to raise it with the police on your behalf.

Thanks to Inspector Irwin, Sergeant Hakin and the local team for coming along and continuing to engage with Dunmurry!

Police West Belfast

27/08/2026

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵! 👋

Thank you to everyone who got in touch this week. I’m continuing to work on a number of local issues and I’m pleased to see several matters resolved.

If I can help with anything in your area, get in touch:

📞 07526 320303
📧 [email protected]

Lagan Valley DUP

27/08/2026

Wound up all the right people with this one…😂

As intended! 😉

Looking forward to getting stuck into ‘Culture War’, written and recently published by Jamie Bryson.

Unionism needs more people who will put pen to paper, whether you agree with them or not, and more people willing to actively challenge our opponents!

Well done, Jamie!

👏

27/08/2026

💷 £𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵!

The PCSP Grand Choice event is coming to the Lisburn North area on Saturday 17th October, giving local people the opportunity to have their say on projects that could make a real difference in their communities.

Applications are now open for community groups, schools, PTAs, sports clubs, churches and other community and voluntary organisations to apply for up to £1,000 to support a local project.

📅 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿.

If you're involved with a local organisation and have an idea that could benefit your community, I would encourage you to get an application in.

For more information on Grand Choice, including how to apply, use the link in the comments below! 👇

Lagan Valley DUP
Paul Givan MLA

27/08/2026

⚠️𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗰𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲⚠️

Please take care when driving on the Belsize Road, Lisburn bound, when passing the Texaco garage.

Unfortunately, there appears to be a dead animal in the middle of the road that has likely been hit by a car. It is quite distressing to see, so please be aware if you are passing the area.

I’ll reach out to the Council to see if they can assist with its removal.

If you own a pet in the surrounding area and it hasn’t returned home overnight or this morning, please keep an eye out and check that it is safe.

Lagan Valley DUP

26/08/2026

𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗦𝗡𝗜 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺

Looking forward to this meeting on Friday evening between the Dunmurry community and the local neighbourhood policing team.

A great opportunity to put questions to those who keep our area safe and hear about the challenges they face in doing so.

26/08/2026

Looking forward to getting stuck into ‘Culture War’, written and recently published by Jamie Bryson.

Unionism needs more people who will put pen to paper, whether you agree with them or not, and more people willing to actively challenge our opponents!

Well done, Jamie!

👏

25/08/2026

𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮'𝙨 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 - 𝙞𝙩'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧.

We have seen what the Commission has now formally admitted as false evidence given under oath; Commissioners not even reading much less approving determinations being issued in their names; decision making via Whatsapp; reliance being placed on faceless online ‘troll’ accounts masquerading as unionists; in black and white Commissioners stating they did not want to give the Loyal Orders any “angle”; and a whole host of other legal errors.

The Commissioners should now voluntarily resign. If they do not, there is a clear obligation on the Secretary of State to remove them from office. DUP MP Carla Lockhart has already written to him to request that this process be commenced immediately.