Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl has hit out at Belfast City Council’s attempts to hold a virtual meeting, calling it a “farce and a complete let down” as all other Councils in Northern Ireland have moved forward successfully with the format. Speaking after a special meeting held to decide if Committee meetings would take place before […]
Alliance Councillor Ross McMullan has said Belfast City Council’s Covid-19 response and long-term recovery plan must deliver on the Council’s commitments to be inclusive of disabled people and older people calling on the Local Government authority to commit to being a globally leading city on inclusion and accessibility. The East Belfast Councillor was speaking as […]
Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has said now is the time to revisit the pedestrianisation of Belfast City Centre, and he has called for the DFI Minister to conduct a full consultation as a matter of urgency. With Belfast City Centre moving to the recovery phase of the Coronavirus crisis, Peter said pedestrianisation and offering retailers […]
Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl has hit out at Belfast City Council’s attempts to hold a virtual meeting, calling it a “farce and a complete let down” as the local government authority still won’t hold all Committee meetings until August. Speaking after a special meeting was held to decide when Committee meetings would resume, Kate said […]
Alliance Belfast Councillors have called for a clear strategy to be developed to help aid the city’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Councillor Michael Long, the party’s group leader in Belfast, has already raised the issue with other group party leaders, calling for a task force to be established that includes Council, Assembly, Departments and […]
Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl has called for Belfast City Council to meet over July, and not take its normal summer break, a move she says is essential in this time of crisis. Kate made the formal request of the Chief Executive on Wednesday, and the issue will now be debated by the Group Party Leaders […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has criticised the DUP and Sinn Féin for “standing in the way of openness and transparency” at City Hall, after the two parties again blocked Alliance calls for the restoration of Council and Committee meetings before August. Over the past week Mr Long – Alliance Group Leader on City Hall – […]
Alliance Belfast City Councillor Michael Long has said he is disappointed for the ratepayers of Belfast, after the DUP and Sinn Féin voted against holding virtual committee meetings until August. A proposal by People Before Profit and Councillor Long, Alliance’s Group Leader on the Council, to hold the committee meetings in June fell following DUP […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has said he is disappointed at the erection of party banners by Sinn Féin at several Belfast City Council parks across the city. Councillor Long, Alliance’s Group Leader in City Hall, said Council parks were not appropriate places for party political material to be displayed and called for them to be […]
Alliance Councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor, Peter Mc Reynolds has welcomed support for his motion calling for Belfast City Council to introduce, in liaison with community partners, a school uniform exchange scheme across Belfast. Councillor McReynolds said: “During my time serving the people as Councillor, but especially as Deputy Mayor, I have met with many […]