Alliance Leader David Ford has said it is time to end “go-slow” politics and deliver an Assembly people want to see, as he unveiled his party’s candidates for the forthcoming election. Speaking at the candidate launch event at the Radisson Hotel in South Belfast, Mr Ford said his party’s prospective MLAs truly reflected the rich […]
Alliance East Antrim Assembly candidate Stewart Dickson has branded pro-life campaign group Precious Life as “anti-women” after it said it would seek an increase in the sentence of a woman who bought drugs online to induce a miscarriage. Precious Life’s Bernie Smyth said today the 21-year-old woman’s three-month suspended sentence was “very lenient”. The woman, […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has visited Holywood to support the party’s local candidates Stephen Farry and Councillor Andrew Muir as they seek to secure two seats for Alliance at the forthcoming Assembly election. Mr Ford said he was delighted to support the pair while meeting voters in the town. “Stephen Farry and Andrew Muir are […]
Alliance has supported a motion at Belfast City Council calling for the city to remain within the EU. The motion recognised the ‘positive economic, social and cultural benefits Belfast enjoyed’ by being within a member state of the EU, with its prosperity being best served by remaining within it. South Belfast Councillor Paula Bradshaw said […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long has welcomed the DUP’s U-turn on donations, after the party announced it would finally support the reform of the political donations system in Northern Ireland. Mrs Long said the DUP’s new support for the publication of donations, which Alliance has done voluntarily for some time, was a good move which […]
Alliance Leader David Ford is to attend an interfaith service this weekend to remember all those who died during the Easter Rising. The event, at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, will see the unveiling of a remembrance wall – the Necrology Wall – inscribed with the names of all those who lost their lives during the […]