The Alliance Party has today held a meeting with Belfast City Council officials to seek reassurances over Council’s actions during Bobby Storey’s cremation at Roselawn on Tuesday. Group Leader Councillor Michael Long said media reports that began to surface over the past 24 hours where “extremely concerning” as was the fact elected representatives had to […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has said we must never forget the sacrifice of those who died at the Battle of the Somme, as he attended a special commemoration event in Belfast today. He said: “July 1, is about remembering the sacrifice of the more than 3,500 soldiers from the 36th and 16th divisions who lost […]
Alliance Belfast Councillors have called for a clear strategy to be developed to help aid the city’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Councillor Michael Long, the party’s group leader in Belfast, has already raised the issue with other group party leaders, calling for a task force to be established that includes Council, Assembly, Departments and […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has criticised the DUP and Sinn Féin for “standing in the way of openness and transparency” at City Hall, after the two parties again blocked Alliance calls for the restoration of Council and Committee meetings before August. Over the past week Mr Long – Alliance Group Leader on City Hall – […]
Alliance Belfast City Councillor Michael Long has said he is disappointed for the ratepayers of Belfast, after the DUP and Sinn Féin voted against holding virtual committee meetings until August. A proposal by People Before Profit and Councillor Long, Alliance’s Group Leader on the Council, to hold the committee meetings in June fell following DUP […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has said he is disappointed at the erection of party banners by Sinn Féin at several Belfast City Council parks across the city. Councillor Long, Alliance’s Group Leader in City Hall, said Council parks were not appropriate places for party political material to be displayed and called for them to be […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has condemned those behind a pipe bomb attack on a house in Castlereagh. Councillor Long said: “Whoever threw this pipe bomb were totally reckless. They did not know if there was anyone in the house in Carncaver Road and obviously did not care who could have been killed or injured. “I […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has hit out at those behind the “utterly stupid” arson of a car on the forecourt of a filling station. The vehicle, believed to have been stolen from the Southland Dale area in the early hours of Monday, was set alight at the garage on Rosetta Road around 1am today (Thursday). […]
Alliance Belfast City Councillor Michael Long has said he is disappointed after the SDLP voted against an amendment stating Brexit is not an orange or green issue. Councillor Long was speaking after Sinn Féin brought a motion to Belfast City Council calling for clarity from the British and Irish Governments over what would trigger an […]
Alliance Party leader on Belfast City Council, Michael Long, has put forward a motion for the meeting on Monday 2 December calling for positive political campaigning. Councillor Long said: “The election campaign to date has largely been positive, but there have been instances of direct and online abuse directed at candidates, election posters removed and […]