Alliance Party Environment Spokesperson Stewart Dickson has said the party welcomes moves towards a more efficient and futuristic public transport system – but cautioned the Government that there cannot be an English solution to a Northern Ireland problem. The Carrickfergus Councillor and Party Local Government Whip stated: “People will rightly be concerned that this looks […]
Alliance Party Down Representative, Neil Powell, has condemned last night’s petrol bomb attack on a house in Killyleagh. Four people, including two children escaped injury in the attack which took place in the Limetree Hollow area of the town. Neil Powell said: “I am disgusted by this attack. Four people were in the house at […]
Alliance Party MLA, Kieran McCarthy, has demanded that police recruitment quotas be scrapped as they discriminate against ethnic minorities. He brought this issue to the attention of the Secretary of State, Peter Hain, in today’s Preparation for Government Committee and asked that diversity within the police be ensured. The Strangford Assembly Member said: “The quota […]
Alliance Party Spokesperson, Tom Campbell, has welcomed the fact that Ulster Unionists are reviewing their link with the PUP; however he has said that it should be severed as a matter of urgency. The Newtownabbey Councillor said: “The Ulster Unionists should end links with the representatives of loyalist paramilitary organisations now. “I welcome the Ulster […]
The Government must introduce a levy on plastic bags, similar to the measure in place in the Republic of Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. Government must use such basic measures to encourage people to re-use plastic bags in order to help the environment. There are two main ways which a plastic bag levy would have […]
Alliance Party Environment Spokesperson, Cllr Stewart Dickson, has called on parents preparing for their children’s return to school in September, to look into more environmentally-friendly ways of getting them to school this year. Cllr Dickson has asked parents to consider using public transport, sharing lifts or walking with their children to school. The Carrickfergus Councillor […]
Alliance Party Craigavon Representative, Sean Hagan, has slammed those that carried out a petrol bomb attack in Lurgan last night. The petrol bomb started a fire outside a house in the Limefield area at about 2335 BST. Sean Hagan said: “I strongly condemn this disgraceful act. We are trying to eradicate such acts of wanton […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy has hit out at “morons” responsible for an attack on an essential community resource in Ballynahinch. Speaking after an attack on the local community centre, the Strangford Assembly member stated: “What on earth were these morons trying to prove by depriving people of this resource? “This is a devastating […]
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor and Party Vice Chair, Michael Long, has hit out at the perpetrators of arson attacks in the Wynchurch area of South Belfast and is meeting with police tonight to discuss the issue. In the past 15 months almost 30 arson attacks have taken place in the area which is off the Rosetta […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson, Kieran McCarthy, has stated that the alarmingly high number of hospital patients whose alcohol levels are over the drink-drive limit indicates that Northern Ireland is facing massive health problems in future. Kieran McCarthy’s comments come on the day a Belfast City Hospital survey was published showing that the number of hospital patients […]