Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry MLA has said all paramilitaries need to leave the stage immediately, after the Chief Constable said Provisional IRA structures still exist. George Hamilton said although the group was not actively involved in violence or organised criminality, some of its structures still existed to “provide communication for the broader republican movement…and […]
Alliance Councillor Emmet McDonough Brown has criticised those behind the erection of new UVF flags at the shared housing development Cantrell Close. He said: “People will be waking up this morning facing a renewed paramilitary claim on their area. We must be united in our condemnation of this kind of intimidation. “I am seeking an […]
Alliance has raised a number of concerns over paramilitary activity with the body designed to monitor progress on tackling it here. Party Deputy Leader Stephen Farry MLA and former Justice Minister David Ford MLA met the Independent Reporting Commission (IRC) today (Tuesday). The IRC was created as part of the Fresh Start Agreement and charts […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry has given a “guarded welcome” to the announcement that three loyalist paramilitary organisations will now support the rule of law, adding it was “disappointing” these conversations where still ongoing 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement. He also stressed that any new approach must be properly verified through the Independent […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has condemned an attack on the PSNI in Londonderry on Easter Monday. Reports indicate petrol bombs and stones were thrown at PSNI vehicles during an illegal dissident republican parade in Derry. Stewart Dickson said: “It is completely unacceptable to see the PSNI come under attack in this way. Respect for the […]