The Alliance Party has backed Belfast City Council’s calls for the PSNI to take robust action against those who continue to be involved in aggravated trespass at the Avoniel Leisure Centre site, ensuring reports of intimidation and threats are properly investigated. The Party made the call as the Leisure Centre entered into another day of […]
“Hyperbolic rhetoric” from Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson will do nothing but divide our society further, Alliance MLA John Blair has said. Mr Blair was speaking after Ms Anderson’s speech at a hunger strike commemoration rally in Strabane, in which she said the UK Government’s “days were numbered in Ireland,” “you will not be closing […]
Alliance South Antrim MLA John Blair has hit out at those behind a hoax device which forced the evacuation of residents in Antrim. The elaborate hoax was discovered at Castle Grounds, facing Antrim PSNI station, at 7pm yesterday (Monday). Nearby roads were subsequently closed off and residents evacuated until 2.30am this morning. Mr Blair, who […]
Alliance Newtownards Councillor Nick Mathison has said he is shocked after an alleged rape in the town. A woman reported she was attacked in the Londonderry Park area of the Portaferry Road around 6.25am today (Sunday). Police said the woman reported she had been assaulted by a number of men in the area a short […]
Alliance Party Justice spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has condemned those behind rioting in Derry / Londonderry. Stewart Dickson said: “Once again we see violence on the streets and police officers attacked. There can be no excuse or justification for attacks on the police who were responding to reports of a suspicious object being found […]
Alliance Party Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said threats of violence must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. He was speaking after graffiti appeared on a wall in West Belfast referring to the PSNI Chief Constable, Simon Byrne. Stewart Dickson said: “Whoever painted this threat on to a wall in West Belfast certainly […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Paula Bradshaw has said an incident in which the windows of a car were smashed in a hate crime was a despicable attack. The windows of the vehicle parked on Ravenhill Avenue were broken just before 3am today (Sunday). Police have confirmed they are treated the incident as sectarian-motivated. “This was […]
Alliance North Belfast Councillor Nuala McAllister has said so-called ‘punishment shootings’ have no place in our society, after a man was shot in both legs in the north of the city. The attack took place in Havana Walk in Ardoyne last night (Wednesday). The victim, who is in his 40s, was taken to hospital for […]
Alliance Policing Board member John Blair MLA has condemned those behind an explosive device which detonated in Co Fermanagh earlier today. The PSNI said a number of officers were lucky to not be killed or injured when the device went off in Wattle Bridge, close to Newtownbutler. A warning had been received and a hoax […]
Alliance representatives have expressed shock after a man was shot dead in Co Down. The man was killed at a filling station on Main Street, Waringstown, shortly after 9pm. Alliance Councillor Eóin Tennyson and party Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA condemned those behind the killing. “This is a shocking incident and people stunned by tonight’s […]