Alliance Councillor Lauren Gray has welcomed the passing of Assembly legislation allowing for remote Council meetings to continue. The Department for Communities had allowed the legislation letting Council meetings to take place online or in a hybrid model to lapse at the end of May, meaning for the past six weeks Councils across Northern Ireland […]
Mid and East Antrim Council is to assess how best it can provide mental health and wellbeing support, after a proposal put forward by Alliance Councillor Lauren Gray received unanimous support. Speaking at Monday night’s full Council meeting, the Carrickfergus representative urged the Council to act now to address the growing mental health pandemic, adding […]
Alliance Councillor Lauren Gray has said she is extremely disappointed Mid and East Antrim Borough Council won’t resume virtual Committee meetings until August – with a lack of clarity remaining over when all meetings will return. The Council has already resumed full Council meetings, agreeing to an earlier Alliance push to get these up and […]
Alliance Carrick Castle Councillor Lauren Gray has condemned those behind incidents of aggravated burglary and criminal damage in the town yesterday (Tuesday). A masked gang armed with pick-axes attacked a black Volkswagen Passat around 5pm, after blocking the car the junction of Larne Road and Higgins Court, causing damage to the windows and lights. The […]
Alliance Councillor Lauren Gray has said she is “disappointed” Mid and East Antrim Borough Council was unable to provide a full update on preparations ahead of a potential no-deal Brexit at Monday night’s meeting. While a full update has been scheduled for October, Lauren said she had asked for this to be brought forward to […]
Alliance East Antrim representatives have sought a meeting with the new owners of Kilroot and Ballylumford power stations, after it was announced a Czech company will purchase the plants. The deal by EPH is expected to complete at the end of May, with no job losses. It follows ‘restructuring’ announced at the locations by current […]
Alliance representative Lauren Gray has welcomed Central Primary School’s decision to move towards becoming an integrated school. The news was announced this week, after the principal and board took the step of balloting parents after they detected interest in integration among the school community. The parents voted to move to Integrated Status. Lauren said: “It’s […]
Alliance’s Lauren Gray has pledged to turn Mid and East Antrim Borough into a dog friendly Council if elected as Councillor in May. Alliance activist Lauren, who has been selected as a candidate for the Carrick Castle District Electoral Area in May’s local government election, said the opt-in scheme would make premises across Mid and […]
Alliance Carrick Castle representative Lauren Gray has said she is confident the party will take a seat in the area in next May’s local government election, following its performance in the by-election there.Alliance increased its vote five per cent in the Carrick Castle DEA since the previous Council election in 2014, with Lauren finishing a […]
Alliance Carrick Castle candidate Lauren Gray has said this week’s by-election is an opportunity for the people of the area to have their say on the type of politics they want.Lauren said the positive leadership shown by Alliance was reflected in the support she had received from locals throughout the by-election campaign. “Throughout this entire […]