Alliance MLA John Blair has said an AERA committee report into the removal of staff at Larne Port has shown serious inconsistencies in the actions of Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Mr Blair was speaking after the Committee report was published on Friday, adding the decision to remove staff without a clear readout from […]
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 […]
Alliance East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has said he is appalled at an arson attack at the home of a serving police officer in his constituency. Three cars were destroyed at the property on the Glenarm Road in Larne. The officer and his family were at home at the time but were unharmed. “I am […]
Alliance Antrim and Newtownabbey Councillor Billy Webb has said he is pleased the High Court has dismissed an appeal by an Antrim resident against a county court harassment injunction relating to false claims about him. The initial case was taken by Councillor Webb following the allegations about him on Tracy Bell’s Facebook page. The injunction […]
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has voted against an Alliance Party suggestion to invite two top officials to the Borough to gain an understanding of the difficulties being faced by local businesses as the impact of a hard Brexit continues to be felt. Had others allowed it to go ahead, the meeting with EU […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has said two local Councils involved in the latest DUP financial scandal now have questions to answer. Stewart Dickson, MLA for East Antrim, was speaking after it was confirmed DUP MP Ian Paisley would be forced to pay back money acquired from two local government authorities for a dinner which has […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has expressed frustration at the lack of comprehensive preventative action in meat factories, as a cluster of infections linked to factory in Ballymena. The danger in meat factories was already well established. The South Belfast MLA stated: “I raised publicly, including in an Assembly Question exactly a month ago, the […]
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 Councillor Gerardine Mulvenna has welcomed plans for Mid and East Antrim Council to begin meeting virtually in June, a move she says will continue full openness and transparency in the local authority. Having raised the issue again at the recent Party Group Leader’s meeting in the Council, Gerardine said she was pleased all other […]
Alliance Ballymena Councillor Patricia O’Lynn has called for the DUP to suspend a Councillor who claimed the coronavirus pandemic is ‘the judgement of God’ following the the introduction of equal marriage and abortion reform here. Councillor John Carson stated in a social media post “You reap what you sow and our nation is now reaping […]