The Alliance Party has been forced to withdraw its ‘call-in’ over the latest DUP and Sinn Féin financial carve-up at city hall, after two councillors, an independent and one UUP removed their names – a move Councillor Nuala McAllister has described as “cowardly”. Speaking after the Alliance Party’s attempt to block the DUP and Sinn […]
Alliance Belfast City Councillors have ‘called-in’ the latest financial carve-up between the DUP and Sinn Féin at City Hall over thousands of pounds of arts funding. The allocation earlier this month at the Council’s City Growth and Regeneration Committee saw the money given to various groups and organisations in West and East Belfast. It was […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has welcomed the decision to name the new East Belfast leisure centre Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre. After a DUP proposal to keep the location’s name as the Robinson Centre was defeated at today’s Belfast City Council Strategic Policy and Resources Committee, Alliance proposed an immediate renaming, going against Sinn Féin’s proposal to […]
Councillor Michael Long, Alliance Group Leader at City Hall, has slammed Sinn Féin for boycotting the Council’s Budget Panel and Party Group Leaders’ Forum after having lost a series of votes on the City Hall grounds issues in recent weeks. The Committees are attended by group leaders and give them an opportunity to discuss issues […]
Alliance Councillor Nuala McAllister has accused the DUP and Sinn Féin of again manipulating the funding process in Belfast City Council to suit their own agendas. Nuala was speaking after the two parties worked together behind closed doors to determine how an additional £95,000 in arts funding should be spent – money that was […]
Alliance Councillor Emmet McDonough Brown is to push Belfast City Council towards taking a more sustainable approach when it comes to creating a low carbon future. Speaking ahead of tabling a motion asking officers to explore how the Council’s carbon footprint can be reduced, Emmet – currently Belfast’s Deputy Lord Mayor – said we all […]
The Alliance Party has again put on record its opposition to the inclusion of money designed to enhance a Summer Diversionary Programme – which includes diversionary activities for bonfires – being included in the 2019 rate for Belfast. Having previously raised concerns both in committee and the January Council meeting, Alliance again pushed for the […]
Alliance Group Leader Michael Long has criticised Sinn Féin’s decision to stall a decision aimed at making the grounds of City Hall more inclusive, after they called in the previously agreed changes to memorabilia. With a deal in place to recognise greater numbers of women, Irish Nationalists and ethnic minorities, Michael said Sinn Féin had […]
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, […]
The Alliance Party has again welcomed proposals that could see the new East Belfast leisure centre renamed when it opens later this year, a decision the party has backed since it first campaigned against naming it after Peter Robinson in 1984. Speaking after the latest People and Communities meeting, Councillor Peter McReynolds again highlighted the […]