The UK Government needs to tackle loyalist paramilitaries the same way it does dissident republicans, Alliance’s Sorcha Eastwood has said. Councillor Eastwood was speaking after media reports the UVF had issued a warning it was ‘actively planning’ on targeting Irish politicians and officials in Northern Ireland. It comes in the wake of a security alert […]
Alliance North Belfast representative Nuala McAllister has said those behind a security alert in North Belfast will not drag us back to the past, despite their actions. Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney was addressing an event at the Houben Centre on the Crumlin Road when the centre was evacuated. A funeral at the nearby […]
The response of the Prime Minister to some findings of the Sue Gray report was “pathetic,” Alliance MP Stephen Farry has said. In an update to her investigation, Sue Gray said there was a failure of leadership at Downing Street, allowing parties to take place while lockdown restrictions were in place. Ms Gray said she […]
Those behind the shooting of a man in East Belfast do not represent the community there, Alliance Councillor Sharon Lowry has said. Councillor Lowry was speaking after a man was shot in both his legs in the Enler Park Central area of Dundonald yesterday (Monday). The 37-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment. “My thoughts […]
Alliance’s Fermanagh and South Tyrone Assembly candidate, Matt Beaumont has said the erecting of sectarian posters on Remembrance Day, close to the town’s war memorial, is a highly offensive act. “It is absolutely mind boggling and highly offensive that anyone would carry out this stupid act, which achieves nothing except increasing tensions in the […]
There has never been a greater need for political leaders to work together and avoid hyping up rhetoric, Alliance MLA John Blair has said, following the hijacking and burning of a bus in Rathcoole yesterday. The South Antrim MLA was speaking after four masked men armed with a hammer and petrol, boarded the bus in […]
Alliance Councillor Neil Kelly has condemned those behind an attack on a home in Antrim, which left a 36-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his chest. The incident happened in the Greenpark Drive area, late on Sunday night. Neil said: “I condemn this sickening attack, which has left a community stunned. “Those behind this […]
Alliance’s Kellie Armstrong MLA has condemned the hijacking and burning of a bus on Abbot Drive, Newtownards on Monday morning. Speaking in the NI Assembly, Kellie Armstrong MLA stated ‘I condemn this deeply disturbing act of violence. I would like to pass on my support to the bus driver, who is understandably […]
The DUP needs to condemn comments by a local representative in relation to asylum seekers in Carrickfergus, Alliance East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has said. Mr Dickson was speaking following comments by DUP Councillor Marc Collins about a number of people who have been placed in the Loughshore Hotel in the town by the Home […]
All attacks on culture are wrong, Alliance Fermanagh and South Tyrone representative Matt Beaumont has said, as he condemned the depiction of an Orange man hanging and the burning of flags on bonfires. Speaking after the orange effigy had been removed, Matt said: “Everyone has the right to celebrate their culture and there is absolutely […]