Alliance East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has welcomed news a proposed social housing development could be created at a site in Carrickfergus. The development, which consists of a mixture of special needs and social housing, has been proposed by the Clanmil Housing Association on the site of the old Woodside’s Supermarket at Joymount in the […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw has condemned an armed assault in her constituency. A 24-year-old man was attacked by a masked gang with a number of weapons in the Malfin Drive area around 10:10pm yesterday (Wednesday). One man was arrested and is currently helping police with their enquiries. “This was an appalling incident and […]
Alliance Justice spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has criticised the PSNI after it refused to take down a poster urging people to join the IRA. The poster in the Bogside area of Londonderry carries a picture of a masked man with a rifle. A caption states ‘Unfinished business. Join the IRA’. A PSNI spokesperson has stated […]
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has revealed several people with disabilities have been waiting for over 13 weeks for blue badges for vehicles. Strangford MLA Ms Armstrong made the discovery after a number of constituents contacted her to complain their blue badge payments had been cashed by Transport NI prior to the summer but their disabled […]
Alliance Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has expressed his disappointment after the Council took the decision to sell a large part of local green space for a private housing development. The open land at Steeple Park, alongside Parkhall Community Centre and Steeple House in the town, will be bulldozed as part of a multi-million-pound scheme after […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long has said only a fully independent cross-border investigation by police will be able to satisfy public concerns regarding allegations of corruption in relation to Nama’s Northern Ireland portfolio deal, after footage came to light of a businessman at the centre of the controversy accepting a series of cash payments from […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has welcomed the decision by Lisburn and Castlereagh Council Planning committee to support a new £60M golf resort at Hillsborough. The plans, which were first proposed in 2003 by developer Wilmar Ltd, will see the development of a championship standard parkland golf course, a luxury hotel with leisure facilities […]
Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said an injection of money into rural areas to enable access to essential services needs to be extended more widely. Strangford MLA Ms Armstrong, who is a former Director of the Community Transport Association, was speaking after Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard announced money go towards the Regional Community Transport ‘Dial-a-Lift’ […]
Alliance East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has praised police after a ‘significant’ amount of terrorist material was found in Larne. Mr Dickson was speaking after the PSNI revealed they had discovered ammunition, a gun and bombs, as well as component parts and chemicals for use in bomb-making, during extensive searches in the town over the […]
Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw has condemned those behind a paint attack on Belfast Islamic Centre. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after the Wellington Park building was daubed with red paint. Ms Bradshaw said the incident should be treated as a hate crime. “This attack is disgusting – Belfast Islamic Centre contributes much to the […]