Alliance candidate for East Londonderry has called for all public policy in Northern Ireland to be proofed to ensure it promotes integration. Yvonne Boyle, who is also a local government candidate in Coleraine, stated: “The purpose of public policy in Northern Ireland must be to promote integration at the expense of segregation, as the only […]
Alliance candidates in Lagan Valley and East Belfast, Seamus Close MLA and Naomi Long MLA, have called on people to use their vote for change. Speaking at the Alliance Party’s candidate launch, Mr Close stated: “I would appeal to people to get out and vote. There’s a real risk over 50% of people will not […]
Speaking in Belfast at an event to launch the Alliance candidates for Westminster and the Councils, David Ford told them that the central message of this campaign is that Alliance Works. David Ford said: “The principles and policies that are set out by Alliance are necessary to get Northern Ireland to work. While other parties […]
Alliance Party Leader, David Ford, has reacted with scepticism to the call from David Trimble for cross-community government, given his failure to practice it under the Agreement. David Ford said: “There is little point in either the UUP of SDLP attempting to present themselves as parties of the centre ground for a few weeks of […]
North Down candidate David Alderdice has branded David Trimble’s comments that the Ulster Unionists are centrists as ‘rooted in unreality’. Responding to Mr Trimble’s comments on the BBC’s Breakfast with Frost, Dr Alderdice said: “Ulster Unionists and the SDLP had five years after the Agreement to deliver power-sharing administration and political progress. What they have […]
Alliance candidate in North Belfast Marjorie Hawkins today called for the right to integrated education to be enshrined in law. The Belfast-Castle local government candidate stated: “Surveys show that over 80% of parents would consider integrated education at secondary level, yet only 5% of schools are integrated. “But the issue goes further than that. The […]
Alliance Sports Spokesperson Cllr. Michael Long has welcomed the decision by the Gaelic Athletic Association to allow Croke Park to be opened to soccer and rugby on a temporary basis at a meeting on Saturday. However, he has called for the GAA to go further and abandon Rule 42 altogether. The GAA’s decision opens the […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Naomi Long has expressed her continuing support for the campaign by the family of Short Strand murder victim, Robert McCartney, after attending a rally a vigil at Magennis, Bar in Belfast. She called for justice for the McCartney family, and an end to on-going intimidation of the family and urged anyone […]
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor, Michael Long, has condemned those behind a shooting which occurred this afternoon on the Rosetta Road. Councillor Long said: “I strongly condemn those who carried out this horrific attack on the Rosetta Road.” “Those involved in this attack showed callous disregard for the safety of local people, as this incident took place […]
Alliance candidate in East Belfast, Naomi Long MLA, has stated that the latest campaign effort of the UUP, which states that “decent people vote Ulster Unionist” is grossly insulting to the majority of the people in her constituency, who do not. Naomi Long stated: “To claim that the UUP have any kind of monopoly on […]