Alliance Education spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has said there is an urgent need for the rationalisation of the education system here. Mr Lyttle was speaking after the release of a report entitled Isolated Together, which states mergers between controlled and maintained primary schools would benefit pupils, as well as saving money. It focuses on 32 […]
Alliance Westminster candidate Donnamarie Higgins has condemned whoever threw a suspected grenade at police in West Belfast. Ms Higgins said: “Whoever threw this grenade at a police patrol on the Falls Road must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. They have shown no regard for the safety of local people and put at risk […]
Alliance South Belfast Westminster candidate Paula Bradshaw has said for too many years, important aspects of our society have been segregated with single religion schools and segregated housing areas. Ms Bradshaw said Alliance MPs would use their voice in Westminster to ensure a shared future and good relations are central to decisions taken about Northern […]
Alliance Belfast City Councillor Michael Long has said he is disappointed after the SDLP voted against an amendment stating Brexit is not an orange or green issue. Councillor Long was speaking after Sinn Féin brought a motion to Belfast City Council calling for clarity from the British and Irish Governments over what would trigger an […]
Alliance Mid and East Antrim Borough Councillor Danny Donnelly has criticised other parties on the Council for failing to recognise the impact the current political impasse at Stormont is having on local health provision. Speaking at the Council meeting last night (Monday) Councillor Donnelly – Alliance’s East Antrim candidate for Westminster – said Councillors wanted […]
Alliance Lurgan Councillor Peter Lavery has said an attack on the town’s war memorial is a sickening incident. Wooden crosses were pulled out of the ground at the Cenotaph, with poppy wreaths ripped off the monument and Sinn Féin election posters dumped at the spot. “It is absolutely sickening anyone would carry out this utterly […]
Alliance Foyle Westminster candidate Rachael Ferguson has condemned those behind threatening graffiti against prison officers which has appeared in Derry-Londonderry. The names of a number of prison officers were daubed on the wall of a community centre in Central Drive in the city alongside the threats. The graffiti is signed IRA. “This is a shocking […]
Alliance Ballymena Councillor Patricia O’Lynn has questioned the apparent urgency of some representatives on Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to change how some special events are funded. In November, Councillors approved funding for an Ulster-Scots event, yet on Monday night’s Council meeting, the TUV, backed by the DUP, sought to make a change when […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has said parties should engage in talks to find a swift solution on pay in the health sector. Industrial action is currently taking place by unions over pay and staffing. South Belfast MLA Ms Bradshaw said previous examples of all-party working could provide an example of how to resolve this […]
Alliance spokesperson on Welfare, Trevor Lunn MLA, has called for Sinn Féin and the DUP to give a commitment to people on welfare benefits that they will restore the Assembly before 31 March 2020. Trevor Lunn said: “I was one of five political representatives who wrote to the Secretary of State urging him to extend […]