Alliance representative Helena Young has said there is no place for the kind of hatred in our society that saw victims named on a republican bonfire in Newry. she said: “Like many across Northern Ireland, I was extremely sickened to see the images from within the Newry, Mourne and Down Council area aimed purely at […]
Alliance Councillor Connie Egan has condemned another incident of criminal damage overnight in the Kilcooley area of Bangor. A man in his 40s escaped injury following the attack on a home in Ballynoe Gardens. Shortly after midnight, a number of windows were smashed on the property. Three people were seen running away from the scene. […]
Alliance Councillors Rachael Ferguson and Philip McKinney have called for an end to all violence in Derry / Londonderry. Councillors Ferguson and McKinney said: “Over the last 24 hours we have seen acts of violence in our city which could have led to the loss of life or serious injury. “We have had an explosive […]
Alliance Lurgan Councillor Peter Lavery has appealed for information after a car struck a police officer and a member of the public in Portadown. Councillor Lavery was speaking after the incident on Drumcree Road. Shortly before 1pm, a silver-coloured Seat vehicle hit the police officer and the member of the public, who was there for […]
Alliance West Belfast representative Donnamarie Higgins has said the local community is in shock following the death of a man struck by a stolen car after attending a funeral at the City Cemetery. Seventy-year-old Seamus Conlon was hit by the Vauxhall Vectra on the Whiterock Road around midday yesterday (Saturday). Two other men hit by […]
Alliance Councillor Patricia O’Lynn has hit out at those behind an incident in a Ballymena playground, which saw a teenage girl shot in the face by a pellet gun. The 15-year-old was with three young cousins at the playpark in the Ballykeel Two estate on Wednesday when she was hit. It is believed she won’t […]
Alliance Alderman Stephen Martin has expressed his alarm following the reported find of a gun by a young boy close to Lagan Valley Island, the HQ of Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. Alderman Martin said: “We have had a number of troubling incidents in our city over the last three months. On this occasion, yet […]
Alliance Councillor Nuala McAllister has condemned those behind the third night of violence in North Belfast. Police have revealed petrol bombs where thrown at officers for the third night in a row on Wednesday night. Councillor McAllister said: “This is absolutely ridiculous behaviour which must stop immediately. These incidents must be condemned across the political […]
Alliance West Belfast representative Donnamarie Higgins has criticised those who threw petrol bombs and stones at police as a bonfire was removed in the area on Sunday. She said: “It is absolutely disgraceful that officers have come under attack in this way. Tasked with upholding the rule of law, officers need community support, not to […]
Policing Board member John Blair MLA has condemned what police have described as a dissident republican attempt to murder PSNI officers in the Craigavon area overnight. The police have reported a loud bang in the Tullygally Road area of the town, with a viable device later discovered. John said: “While it remains unclear the extent […]