Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has warned attempts to pass Parliamentary amendments with tacit Government support to restrict or change the backstop would only serve to waste time and increase the risk of a no deal Brexit. Dr Farry was speaking ahead of another vote on the proposed deal on Tuesday. He said any […]
Alliance North Down Councillor Karen Douglas has expressed her condolences after a woman in her 70s was killed after being hit by a car in Bangor. The pedestrian was walking at the Windmill Road junction with the Donaghadee Road around 7.15pm yesterday (Saturday) when she was hit. She died at the scene. “This is shocking […]
Alliance North Down Councillor Andrew Muir has appealed for information following an assault in Holywood. Two men are in hospital with serious head injuries after they were attacked outside a bar in Hibernia Street in the town around 11pm yesterday (Friday). A 54-year-old man has been arrested and is currently being questioned by the police. […]
Alliance Councillor Owen Gawith has welcomed the announcement from Employers For Childcare of the potential for 50 new jobs. Councillor Gawith said: “Employers For Childcare are an important social enterprise based in Lisburn providing advice and support to parents. “The construction of their new £2.5 Million High Rise adventure centre shows their level of commitment […]
Councillor Michael Long, Alliance Group Leader in City Hall, has welcomed the decision to support a deal to make the grounds of the City Hall more inclusive, alongside addressing a number of other issues across the city centre. He expressed disappointment that Sinn Féin had opposed the deal – which was backed by Alliance, DUP, […]
Alliance MLA John Blair has said a functioning Policing Board is crucial in giving the community confidence in the PSNI. Mr Blair, the party’s new Policing Board representative, was speaking after the first meeting of the newly reconstituted Board, its first meeting in two years. “The key to community confidence in the PSNI is accountability […]
Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has said the lessons taught by Holocaust Memorial Day are more relevant than ever, ahead of the annual commemoration. Mr Lunn was speaking ahead of attending this year’s memorial event at City Hall. The 2019 theme is ‘Torn from Home,’ which encourages people to reflect on how the loss of safe […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said the latest emergency department statistics show a more fundamental transformation of the health system is required. The South Belfast MLA was speaking after statistics showed during December 2018, there were 66,640 attendances at emergency departments here, 2.3 per cent more than December 2017. Just over 69 per […]
Local man Glenn Finlay is set to stand for Alliance in May’s local government election, after the party selected him to represent the Dunsilly area. Speaking after the decision was announced, Glenn said he was “delighted” to be taking the Alliance Party’s vision of a shared, inclusive society to the voters in the run up […]
Alliance Brexit spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has said the backstop proposal is a workable solution to the possibility of a border in Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Dr Farry was speaking after the European Commission’s chief spokesperson Margaritis Schinas said it was “obvious” there would be a hard border in Ireland if […]