Alliance Leader David Ford has congratulated South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo on winning the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Northern Ireland Award. He said the award was testament to her hard work for South Belfast and shows the massive impact she has made since her election in 2007. David Ford said: “This is […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has expressed frustration at the disruption cause by a gas leak at Ormeau Bridge which appears to have been cause by someone who deliberately set a fire. Around 200 people had to be evacuated from their homes last night and traffic was also prevented from using the bridge. Anna […]
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor Michael Long has expressed revulsion at news that an 83-year-old was held down while their house was robbed by burglars who forced their way in. The incident took place at a house in Sheskin Way in the Cregagh area at around 5.15pm on Saturday. There have a number of incidents involving pensioners […]
Newtownabbey Alliance Party Councillor Tom Campbell has warned members of the public to be vigilant to emails seeking to access and remove money from their bank account. Councillor Tom Campbell, a solicitor and former Chairman of Newtownabbey District Policing Partnership, said that he had received an email to his work address seeking information online about […]
East Belfast Alliance Councillor Mervyn Jones has expressed anger at those who punched and attempted to rob a woman in her 70s on North Road in the east of the city and those who got into another pensioners home in Oberon Street. The incidents took place around 8pm last night and Saturday afternoon. Cllr Mervyn […]
Local Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has expressed disgust at the three men who pushed their way into a Lisburn pensioner’s home and robbed her. The 77 year-old woman was robbed in her home on Windsor Avenue in the town after she answered the door at around 5.15pm yesterday. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “This was a […]
Alliance Party MLA Stephen Farry has hit out at those parties on the Executive who have been playing politics with the final recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission both for breaching a major British parliamentary convention and for jeopardising the ongoing Review of Public Administration. This Boundary Commission report deals with the overall boundaries […]
Alliance Culture, Arts and Leisure spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed annoyance that the Northern Ireland Music Industry Commission has folded saying assistance is important to ensure musicians in the region can reach their potential. The organisation was set up in 2001 to showcase talent and further develop business skills in the sector, and it […]
Following reports that Minister Edwin Poots has warned that local government reform could collapse if boundaries cannot be agreed, Alliance Leader David Ford has said that the integrity of the boundary process must remain. David Ford said: “On Monday, I asked the Minister to provide a commitment that there would be no form of gerrymandering […]
Alliance Youth Chair Conrad Dickson has criticized comments by the Employment and Learning Minister Sir Reg Empey that some young people not in employment, education or training were like ‘vampires’ as they get up late and stay up all night. He said Sir Reg Empey should apologise for his remarks. Conrad Dickson said: “These comments […]