Alliance Justice spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has hit out at those behind a suspect device discovered at a house in County Down last night. Families were evacuated from Carson’s Dale, Ballygowan, around 8pm after the device was found. It was believed to be targeting a prison officer. The device was removed for forensic examination. “It […]
Alliance South Down Councillor Andrew McMurray has expressed his condolences after a pensioner died following a road crash in County Down. Geoffrey Cartwright (78) died after being hit by a vehicle on the South Promenade in Newcastle just before 11pm yesterday (Thursday). An 18-year-old male was arrested on suspicion of driving while unfit and dangerous […]
Alliance Strangford MLA Kellie Armstrong has said she is disgusted after a pig’s head was left on the doorstep and graffiti daubed on the walls of the Islamic Centre in Newtownards. Police have confirmed the incidents, which are believed to have happened late on Wednesday night, are being treated as hate crimes. “It is disgusting […]
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said proposed cuts across the health Trusts would have a “brutal impact” on people. Ms Armstrong was speaking after addressing the South-Eastern Health and Social Care Trust meeting at the Ulster Hospital. It was one of a number of meetings held by the Trusts and attended by Alliance representatives across […]
Alliance Belfast City Councillor Michael Long has secured a meeting with senior Council officers after receiving a number of complaints about lack of bin collections in the city. Councillor Long was contacted by constituents worried about bins not being collected in the Lisnasharragh area of East and South Belfast. He will now be meeting Belfast […]
Alliance Education spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has congratulated pupils on their GCSE results. Almost 80 per cent of pupils achieved A*-C grades, with one in 10 entries awarded the A* mark. “I give my congratulations to all students who received their GCSE results,” said Mr Lyttle. “The high marks in the grades show the great […]
Alliance Party representatives will attend public consultation meetings being held across Northern Ireland tomorrow (Thursday) by the various Health and Social Services Trusts. The meetings will take place at the Ulster Hospital, Craigavon Hospital, Knockbracken Healthcare Park, Antrim Area Hospital and Altnagelvin Hospital, and will discuss proposed plans to make £70 million of cuts to […]
Alliance West Tyrone spokesperson Stephen Donnelly has urged people to avail of support mechanisms following severe flooding overnight. Over 120 people had to be rescued after being trapped by the flooding, which particularly affected the north-west of Northern Ireland, as well as Tyrone. The Met Office confirmed 63 per cent of the average August rainfall […]
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has congratulated local disability activists on their presentation of evidence of ongoing human rights violations to the UN Committee on the Rights of Disabled People. Several groups made the journey to Geneva earlier this week to inform the Committee despite previous commitments to provide a framework for the delivery of the […]
Alliance Economy spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has welcomed the High Court in Dublin upholding planning approval for the southern element of the north-south electric interconnector. Approval for the scheme, which is designed to give Northern Ireland greater access to generating capacity in the south, was challenged by a pressure group after originally being granted in […]