Belfast Alliance Councillor Mervyn Jones has expressed serious concerns that the progress made in Belfast City Hall in recent years might be impacted upon by the introduction of a new leader, Jim McVeigh, for Sinn Féin’s Council group at Belfast City Hall . Cllr Mervyn Jones said: “Sinn Féin is getting rid of almost half […]
Former Lord Mayor of Belfast , Alliance Councillor Tom Ekin and Catherine Curran have been selected to stand for Belfast City Council in next year’s local government election. Tom has been selected in the Balmoral area where he has a seat held since 1997. Catherine has been selected to stand in the Laganbank area and […]
Alliance Councillor Judith Cochrane has expressed her disgust at the attempted robbery of a newsagents on the Upper Newtownards Road on Monday evening. The shop assistant was threatened at knifepoint by a man but he left empty handed. Cllr Judith Cochrane said, “I am shocked that his shop was targeted at rush hour on one […]
The Alliance Party has selected Carrickfergus Councillor Stewart Dickson and Larne Councillor Gerardine Mulvenna to stand in the forthcoming Assembly elections in East Antrim. Cllr Gerardine Mulvenna said: “I am genuinely privileged to have been selected to stand for Alliance. Life is all about choices and we are the only alternative to the politics of […]
The Alliance Party has selected Cllr Oran Keenan and Cllr Neil Kelly to stand in the forthcoming local government election in the Antrim Town area. Cllr Neil Kelly replaced David Ford on Antrim Council after David was elected Justice Minister and Cllr Oran Keenan joined Alliance early this year after having been an independent and, […]
East Belfast Alliance MP Naomi Long has welcomed the offer by the UK government of a direct loan to the Irish government saying that many jobs and much investment in Northern Ireland is dependent on the stability of the Irish economy and their banks. She asked a question in Westminster on this exact issue last […]
Alliance Party Finance Spokesperson, Stephen Farry MLA, has called upon the Executive to redirect some resources from current expenditure to capital expenditure within the draft Budget for 2011/12-2014/15 which is currently under negotiation. Given that the capital budget allocation in the Block Grant was cut deeper than expected while the current budget allocation suffered slightly […]
Local Alliance MLA David Ford and local Alliance Councillor Neil Kelly have expressed shock at news of a shooting incident in Antrim town last night. Shots were fired though the kitchen window of a house in Portlee Walk, and a man in his 40s and a couple in their 20s were in the house at […]
Alliance Sustainability Spokesperson Cllr Alan Lawther has hit out at Revenue and Customs for spending £170.000 on bottled water, and said this practice is inexcusable given the tough financial times we are in. The figures which outline all spending over £25,000 in every government department since the formation of the new Westminster government were published […]
Anna Lo has been selected by the Alliance Party to stand in the next Assembly election in the South Belfast constituency. She also said that South Belfast needs MLAs who are focused on the Assembly and not juggling their time between Westminster and Stormont. Anna Lo said: “I am extremely pleased to have been chosen […]