A Council motion to mark American founding father Hercules Mulligan should not go ahead, Alliance Councillor Yvonne Boyle has said. Alderman Boyle, who originally brought a motion to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s Leisure and Development Committee on a fortnight ago to establish a commemorative plaque marking Coleraine’s Hercules Mulligan, said the amended motion by […]
Alliance Coleraine Councillor Yvonne Boyle has expressed her utter disgust after a woman was left in a critical condition following a shooting in the town in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The 61-year-old woman was injured after shots were fired at her home in the Bushmills Road area. She is in critical condition in […]
Alliance Coleraine Councillor Yvonne Boyle has said there is no place for guns on our streets, after a shooting in the town today. Around 12:20am, a number of men got out of a dark-coloured vehicle in Thornlea Drive, before firing a number of shots at a property, damaging several windows. Four adults and a child […]
The Alliance Party in Causeway Coast and Glens ensured the Black Lives Matter campaign was supported in the area by securing Council buildings where lit up in recognition. Speaking after Cloonevin was lit up on June 9th, Alderman Yvonne Boyle said the move recognised the local support for the movement, whilst also respecting the current […]
Alliance Coleraine representative Alderman Yvonne Boyle has welcomed Department of Health plans to cope with the expected surge in Coronavirus cases. Alderman Boyle said: “We are in exceptional times which require exceptional solutions. The Department of Health, and all health service staff, are working under extreme conditions to keep us all safe, and across the […]
Alliance Alderman Yvonne Boyle has said that shootings in Coleraine must stop. Alderman Boyle said: “It is unbelievable that someone could recklessly fire shots at two houses in Oakvale Park in Coleraine without caring who they hit. People in the houses could have been killed or injured. This is the second time in recent weeks […]
Alliance Alderman Yvonne Boyle has said whoever was behind a shooting in the Loughanhill Park area of Coleraine on Sunday night needs to be put before the courts. Alderman Boyle said: “We are long past the time when guns should have been taken taken off our streets. It is unbelievable that gun carrying masked men […]
Alliance Councillors on Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council have said radical action needs to be taken to ensure Council finances are robust, with transparency paramount. In a joint statement, Councillor Chris McCaw and Alderman Yvonne Boyle said Councillors and ratepayers had been shocked to learn of the extent of the Council’s financial deficit. “We […]
Alliance Coleraine Councillor Yvonne Boyle has called for those behind the flags supporting ‘Soldier F’ which have appeared across the Causeway area to remove them. The local Councillor said the banners – one of which is in a dangerous position for traffic in Coleraine – are not an appropriate way to express tensions over legacy […]
The Alliance Party has selected former Councillor Yvonne Boyle to contest the Coleraine area in this May’s local government elections for Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. The former Deputy Mayor for the area says her focus will remain on increasing footfall for Coleraine town centre, helping to improve the local economy. She said: “In […]