Alliance Councillor John Blair has welcomed the decision to halt plans for a super-incinerator close to Mallusk. In favour of sustainable ways of creating energy, the Newtownabbey Deputy Mayor has been an avid campaigner against the Boghill Road being the proposed location of Arc21’s new site. Councillor John Blair said: “Today’s decision is the right […]
Alliance MLA Anna Lo has said the UK Government must listen to an Assembly motion calling for more to be done to ease the humanitarian crisis in Syria. Ms Lo said the Alliance motion, which received unanimous backing from other parties in the chamber today (Tuesday), showed the support was there for Northern Ireland to […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has accused the DUP of bringing the Assembly into disrepute by carrying on a charade of nominating and resigning Executive Ministers. Mr Dickson was speaking after the DUP nominated Michelle McIlveen was appointed new Regional Development Minister today (Monday). It follows the resignation of the previous Minister, the UUP’s Danny Kennedy. […]
Stewart Dickson MLA and activist Danny Donnelly have been selected to contest the next Assembly election in East Antrim for Alliance. Mr Dickson is the sitting MLA, and Mr Donnelly – who lives in Larne – is well known in the constituency for his passion on environmental issues. Following their selection, Mr Dickson said he […]
Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has welcomed the Government’s plans to press ahead with talks scheduled for Monday after announcing the commissioning of an independent assessment of paramilitaries. He was speaking after Theresa Villiers said the assessment, which is due to be published in mid-October, would be used to inform parties at the talks. Mr […]
Culture Night signals a Belfast on the rise, Alliance Councillor Emmet McDonough Brown has said ahead of the annual Culture Night celebrations. Speaking ahead of the event which will see up to 50,000 people travel into the city centre to enjoy what’s on offer, the South Belfast Alliance Councillor is encouraging as many people as […]
Alliance Councillor Gavin Walker has condemned an attack on a war memorial in Groomsport earlier this week. Paint was thrown over the memorial on Thursday, with the PSNI making an arrest shortly after. Councillor Gavin Walker said: “It is distressing for the residents of Groomsport to have our War Memorial defaced in such an abhorrent […]
Stephen Farry MLA has said other parties need to sit down and begin the talks process, as currently Northern Ireland has “half a government and talks about talks”. Speaking before an Alliance delegation met with the British and Irish Governments, Mr Farry said there should be no preconditions for all-party talks to begin. “People are […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has expressed disappointment at the news that the launch date for the Belfast Rapid Transit system has been delayed by almost a year. The transport scheme was due to be completed by September 2017, however, the DRD Permanent Secretary told a meeting of the Department for Regional Development (DRD) […]
Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement that it is giving “serious consideration” to establishing a new paramilitary watchdog but criticised the DUP for attempting to further delay talks. Mr Ford was speaking after Theresa Villiers told the House of Commons the Government was committed to reaching a resolution in the […]