Destination parks across Mid and East Antrim will soon offer accessible changing facilities for children with disabilities, thanks to Alliance Councillor Danny Donnelly. The Larne Lough representative secured the move at a recent Council meeting, amending a motion seeking play equipment for children with disabilities be put in place at locally-termed destination parks. Danny said: […]
Alliance representative Helena Young has said there is no place for the kind of hatred in our society that saw victims named on a republican bonfire in Newry. she said: “Like many across Northern Ireland, I was extremely sickened to see the images from within the Newry, Mourne and Down Council area aimed purely at […]
Alliance Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said he will seek a meeting with the Department of Justice after a new report raised concerns about the failure to address the rising legal aid bill in Northern Ireland. Mr Dickson was speaking as the Northern Ireland Audit Office report into the 2018-19 accounts of Government Departments […]
Any anti-poverty strategy should make the best use of limited resources to reduce the number of people living in hardship, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said. Ms Armstrong was speaking after meeting with senior officials from Strategic Planning and Resources in the Department of Communities to discuss the proposed Anti-Poverty Strategy. The strategy would form […]
There is a pressing need to clearly define hate crime legislation in Northern Ireland, Alliance representatives have told a senior judge carrying out a review of the issue. John Blair MLA and Kellie Armstrong MLA were speaking after meeting with Judge Desmond Marrinan to discuss his independent review of hate crime, with the goal of […]
Alliance Councillor Sian Mulholland has called for increased investment in the cloth nappy scheme delivered by Belfast City Council. Currently, families living across Belfast can access a short term loan scheme of cloth nappies, either for the first six weeks of a child’s life with a newborn kit or from eight weeks on with a […]
Alliance Councillor Connie Egan has condemned another incident of criminal damage overnight in the Kilcooley area of Bangor. A man in his 40s escaped injury following the attack on a home in Ballynoe Gardens. Shortly after midnight, a number of windows were smashed on the property. Three people were seen running away from the scene. […]
Alliance MLAs have welcomed the handing over of a petition calling for easier access to benefits for people with terminal illnesses to the Prime Minister. The petition, which is a result of a campaign by the Marie Curie charity and has been signed by over 50,000 people, was handed over at 10 Downing Street today […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MEP has expressed her sadness and support for the workers and their families after Harland and Wolff ceased trading today. The company have now appointed administrators and will file for insolvency tomorrow (Tuesday) at the High Court in Belfast. “My thoughts are with primarily with the workers and with their families […]
Alliance Communities spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said the operation of the law around houses of multiple occupation (HMO) is just the latest issue which requires scrutiny of a functioning Assembly. The Lagan Valley MLA stated: “The HMO Act was one of the last pieces of legislation passed in the Assembly, but it would now […]