Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long MLA has expressed anger at incidents in which bomb was driven to the Policing Board headquarters and shots were fired at police in Garrison. Naomi Long MLA said: “Saturday night had sickening echoes of the past. I cannot adequately articulate the sheer level of contempt I hold these individuals in. […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has expressed deep sadness at the murder of a Polish man, whose body was discovered around 5.30pm yesterday in a house in Ardenvohr Street off the Woodstock Road. Police said that the death of another man who lived with the murdered man was linked to the murder, but they […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has said that local politicians should heed comments from the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers, Sir Hugh Orde, on operational independence. Sir Hugh warned that police chief constables may resign if a Tory government tries to place the police under local political control. David Ford said: “Sir Hugh’s […]
Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell has called for a full investigation into the cause of a fire at Mallusk Industrial Park. The fire which started on Thursday night has caused disruption to the surrounding area with the Fire Service putting up a 200 metre exclusion zone around the mechanical engineering works, which will remain until […]
Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has criticised the DUP and Sinn Fein for the looming crisis due to their failure to allow the Education and Skills Authority Bill to come before the Assembly. Education boards are due to be abolished by the establishment of the Education and Skills Authority on 1 January 2010 but […]
Alliance Culture, Arts and Leisure Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has said that the FAI should call for a replay against France to right the wrong which has cost Ireland the chance to play in the World Cup next year. He said that if FIFA does not sanction a replay the FAI should consider suing them […]
Following the announcement in the Queen’s Speech today that free personal care will be introduced in England, Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has said the Stormont Executive should introduce this measure now. Mr McCarthy has campaigned for free personal care for almost a decade and has demanded that Executive parties honour their manifesto commitments […]
“The four parties involved in the post-primary transfer talks met today, and the process of building consensus continues. “The meeting was constructive and productive. The continued commitment of the four parties involved provides hope that progress can be made on this important issue. We will be meeting again next week.” ENDS
Local Alliance Councillor Lynn Frazer has expressed deep sadness at news that a man was killed in a car crash on the Shore Road in Newtownabbey shortly after 2am this morning. The man was travelling in a car with two others which was in collision with a Tesco lorry, and the two other car passengers […]
Proposing an amendment to a motion in the Assembly today, Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said that the Minister should use sharing and integration to deliver genuinely sustainable schools for Northern Ireland. Alliance amended an SDLP motion on rural schools to take account of the need for further sharing and integration within education. […]