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 […]
Alliance South Belfast representative Duncan Morrow has called on politicians to stop “cranking up tension” following a junior Orange Order parade which sparked disturbances on the Ormeau Road. Mr Morrow was speaking in the wake of the parade on Tuesday (March 29), which saw marchers and members of the South Belfast Young Conquerors flute band […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has said he is disappointed the DUP has broken an all-party agreement to attend a City Hall dinner marking the Easter Rising. Irish President Michael D Higgins has now pulled out of the April 8 dinner following the DUP boycott, which came in spite of an agreement that the signing of […]
Alliance East Antrim representative Danny Donnelly has hit out at Sinn Fein after the party was involved in a ceremony unveiling an illegal memorial in the constituency. Mr Donnelly was speaking after the Easter Rising concrete structure with a flag pole was unveiled at Hurry Head on Saturday. The ceremony was attended by Sinn Fein […]
Alliance Councillor Emmet McDonough Brown has said a formal investigation must be allowed to run its course, after Police used CS spray during a junior Orange Order parade in South Belfast. He said: “The facts of what happened and how it happened on Tuesday night have yet to be established. No good can come of […]
Alliance Councillors Scott Wilson and Andrew Muir have expressed their concerns after Bangor’s family fun day was overshadowed by a number of arrests, public disorder and over 100 alcohol seizures. The local Councillors have said questions now need to be answered, after the seaside town’s Easter Monday celebrations again featured scenes of intoxicated young people, […]
Alliance Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson has welcomed news the police are to investigate a number of parades involving masked participants. East Antrim MLA Mr Dickson was speaking after the PSNI confirmed they were examining “suspected breaches of Parades Commission determinations in Coalisland” and “un-notified processions in Ardoyne and Lurgan”. It follows masked men parading through […]
Alliance Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said he is deeply disturbed by a parade which saw masked republicans take to the streets in Lurgan. The parade, which took place yesterday (Saturday) from the Kilwilkie estate to St Colman’s Cemetery in the town, saw participants dressed in paramilitary uniforms and carrying republican flags. “It is […]