The Alliance Party will again oppose a £500,000 increase to Belfast’s 2019 rates at Monday night’s Council meeting, after arguing late last year it was simply unacceptable that the money had been designed to enhance the Summer Diversionary Programme – which includes providing diversionary activities for bonfires. The move follows consistent efforts by Alliance to […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has welcomed the support from the SDLP and Sinn Féin to have the new East Belfast leisure centre renamed when it opens later this year. Councillor Long – Alliance Group leader on Belfast City Council – said that while Alliance had always opposed the “various Peter Robinson vanity projects” it the […]
Alliance Councillor Sian O’Neill’s drive to see Belfast City Council end period poverty has moved a step closer, after she secured committee support to commission a report on the issue. Having raised the subject at November’s Council meeting, Sian said the decision of the Strategic, Policy and Resource committee to take the next step could […]
The Alliance Party has opposed a £500,000 increase to next year’s Belfast rates, designed to enhance the Area Based Festivals Fund which includes providing diversionary activities for bonfires. The decision follows the Alliance Party’s refusal to support an initial scheme in 2018, which saw the DUP and Sinn Féin carve up £400,000 for individual projects, […]
Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has highlighted that often sexual harassment goes unreported, bringing a motion to Belfast City Council urging the implementation of the Zero Tolerance project. If given the go-ahead at committee level, the motion will seek to introduce a scheme in Belfast that brings together the Council, local universities, the hospitality sector and […]
Belfast City Council is to consider options for lighting parks across the city throughout the winter months, after the issue was raised by Alliance Councillor Emmet McDonough Brown. Highlighting the issue on Monday night, Emmet – Belfast’s Deputy Lord Mayor – has secured confirmation that the Council will look at identifying the costs and benefits […]
Alliance Councillor Emmet McDonough Brown is pushing back against Belfast City Council’s decision to close all parks at sunset throughout the winter months. Describing it as “unnecessary”, the South Belfast Councillor will next month urge his Council colleagues to get behind his plans to ensure greater access to outdoor space throughout the long winter months. […]
Free sanitary products should be provided throughout Belfast City Council premises, Alliance Councillor Sian O’Neill has said. Councillor O’Neill was speaking as she brought a motion to Council calling for the move. The motion called for support for the On the Ball campaign, which aims to combat ‘period poverty’ by providing free sanitary products in […]
Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl is to bring a motion calling for Belfast City Council to play its part in tackling sexual harassment.Councillor Nicholl will bring the motion to tomorrow’s Council meeting in the wake of the PSNI’s No Grey Zone campaign, which is designed to educate people about sexual consent. “I have been vocal about […]
Alliance Councillor Nuala McAllister has called for the urgent transfer of regeneration powers to Councils, in a bid to see the immediate recovery of Belfast City Centre in the wake of the fire at Bank Buildings. Speaking as concern continues to grow over the drop in revenue in Belfast City Centre, the former Lord Mayor […]