With future relationship talks between the UK and EU at a critical final stage, Alliance Party Deputy Leader and Brexit Spokesperson, Stephen Farry MP, has criticised Boris Johnson and the UK Government for failing to grasp the realities of its choices on Brexit. Dr Farry also stressed that Alliance would continue to oppose the insertion […]
Alliance Councillor David Honeyford has hit out at those behind graffiti which appeared overnight on a church hall in Glenavy. The graffiti was daubed on the hall of St Aidan’s Church in the village. Councillor Honeyford said it was condemned by everyone there. “This graffiti has no place in our society, particularly on the walls […]
Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl has confirmed she has written to the PSNI after a mother and two sons were forced to leave their South Belfast home under threat from the UDA. The mother has revealed she took the action after fears arose for the safety of her sons and their friends. Kate said: “It is […]
Alliance MP and Deputy Leader, Stephen Farry, has described a tweet by Sinn Fein MLA on the recipients of a Victims’ Pension as an appalling slur’ and has called for a proper apology from Sinn Fein. Stephen Farry said: “This is an appalling tweet from Martina Anderson. “While I do not agree with them, Sinn […]
Alliance Lurgan Councillor Peter Lavery has said those behind a security alert and attacks on the police do not represent the vast majority of the town. Several petrol bombs were thrown at PSNI officers during disturbances today (Sunday) in Levin Road, which followed a security alert caused by an elaborate hoax in the Tarry Drive […]
Alliance Coleraine Councillor Yvonne Boyle has said there is no place for guns on our streets, after a shooting in the town today. Around 12:20am, a number of men got out of a dark-coloured vehicle in Thornlea Drive, before firing a number of shots at a property, damaging several windows. Four adults and a child […]
Alliance Councillor Michelle Guy has said she is shocked at the murder of a 60-year-old woman in South Belfast. The attack took place in the Windermere Road on Sunday evening. She added: “I’m shocked and saddened to hear that an incident like this has happened in our area – it has shocked the entire community. […]
Alliance Policing Board member John Blair has said he is “extremely concerned” after images from a bonfire in the Londonderry area show poppy wreaths and flags being burnt. John said: “Derry has already witnessed scenes of violence this summer – scenes no-one wants to see under normal circumstances, never mind in the middle of a […]
Alliance West Belfast representative Donnamarie Higgins has said the smashing of war graves at the City Cemetery in Belfast is an attack on the entire community. Nineteen graves at the cemetery were damaged sometime between Monday evening and 1pm on Tuesday. The graveyard has 296 burials from World War I and 274 from World War […]
Alliance Policing Board member John Blair MLA has condemned those behind an attack on the PSNI which saw 26 officers injured. The attack took place while police protected contractors removing bonfire material in Distillery Street in West Belfast. Petrol bombs and other missiles were thrown. “This sort of behaviour is utterly unacceptable and I condemn […]