Alliance North Down Councillor Connie Egan has appealed to locals to avoid the area around the Aurora Leisure Complex in Bangor, after the centre suffered storm damage to its roof. The area around the complex has been cordoned off by police, with reports of insulation from the roof flying loose. “It appears the roof of […]
Alliance North Down Councillor Connie Egan has said she is shocked after a man was stabbed in the abdomen while running in Bangor. The man was attacked around 8pm on Saturday (October 30) in the Stricklands Glen area. Another man emerged from the forest and struck the victim on the head, before trying to grab […]
Councillor Connie Egan has spoken of her delight after Translink announced it won’t close a much used public right of way, less than 48 hours after Alliance started a campaign to overturn the decision. Plans to close the path between the station and Manse/Brunswick Road had been met with uproar, with Connie just yesterday announcing […]
North Down Alliance representatives have called upon Environment Minister Edwin Poots to take more action to address the range of problems occurring at Helen’s Bay beach, inviting him to visit the site to see first-hand the problems being endured by local residents. North Down MP Stephen Farry, MLA Andrew Muir and party Councillors Gillian Greer […]
Local Alliance Party Representatives have asked for urgent action to be taken to remove two fallen tree limbs which are partially blocking the pathway at Twisel Bridge Holywood. Commenting on the issue, Councillor Martin McRandal said: “The tree limbs fell in mid-July. Since then Council have been working with other agencies to establish ownership and […]
Alliance Councillors Karen Douglas and Martin McRandal have taken their aims for a cleaner borough to the next level, having secured all party support for a Northern Ireland-wide litter strategy to be created. Most weekends the local pair can be found cleaning up areas around North Down, helping create community litter picks encouraging everyone to […]
Alliance Ards and North Down Councillor Gillian Greer has secured the lighting up of two local landmarks to mark Children’s Hospice Week. The Council will light up McKee Clock in Bangor and Ards Arts Centre in rainbow colours on June 22, following a push from Councillor Greer. The week is designed to raise awareness and […]
The Alliance Party has selected Martin McRandal to be their new Councillor for the Holywood and Clandeboye area. Mr McRandal, who lives in Holywood, was selected at a meeting of the North Down Alliance Association held to select a replacement for Andrew Muir, who replaced Stephen Farry as an MLA. Martin McRandal said: “It […]
An Alliance proposal to establish a body to deal with parking-related issues has been passed unanimously at a Council Environment Committee meeting. The working group, which will consist of Ards and North Down Borough Council, Department for Infrastructure, Transport NI and other relevant bodies, will seek to tackle existing parking issues as well as those […]
Alliance Councillor Connie Egan has said she is disappointed after some Councillors on Ards and North Down Borough Council voted to cut a community recycling fund in half. The Recycling Community Investment Fund has funded projects such as sea bins, beach cleaning, community gardens and cigarette ballot boxes among others across the borough. Councillors from […]