East Antrim Alliance Party has selected sitting MLA Séan Neeson and Carrickfergus Councillor Stewart Dickson to stand in the forthcoming Assembly election. The election is due to take place next March. Séan Neeson MLA said: “I am honoured to have been re-selected to contest the Assembly election for Alliance in East Antrim. “People have come […]
Alliance Party Spokesperson Cllr Tom Campbell has welcomed the evident success of the three week knife amnesty in the province which recently ended. He stated that this type of scheme should be used again in future in a bid to rid the streets of knife crime. Cllr Campbell, a member of Newtownabbey District Policing Partnership, […]
Alliance Party Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has today in the Assembly proposed a motion the back the recommendations within the Bamford Report on mental health and called for funding to be provided to create world-class mental health facilities here. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “I proposed this motion in the Assembly, as it is of […]
Alliance Party East Antrim MLA, Séan Neeson, has slammed tap tax legislation and water privatisation plans, stating that they will hit local people hard. He also stated that the government could not be trusted on these issues. He spoke in today’s Assembly plenary debate on water privatisation and charge. Séan Neeson said: “Tap tax is […]
Alliance Party Youth Affairs spokesperson has said two further young fatalities on Northern Ireland’s rural roads and another in the Border Counties illustrate once again the need to focus road safety programmes on rural roads. The North Down Councillor stated: “It is five years now since I started the campaign to re-focus policing resources and […]
Alliance Deputy Leader, Naomi Long MLA, has congratulated Patricia Lewsley on her appointment as Childrens’ Commissioner. Her appointment was announced this morning. The East Belfast Assembly Member stated: “Patricia has a long record of public service as an elected representative, first as a Belfast City Councillor and latterly as a Lisburn City Councillor and Assembly […]
Alliance Spokesperson Stewart Dickson has blamed the sectarian parties for parking trouble in Northern Ireland. He stated that if people like Ian Paisley Jnr and other politicians from the sectarian parties had worked together and restored devolution, Northern Ireland could make its own decisions on parking. His comments come after Ian Paisley Jrn attacked NCP […]
The Alliance Party has selected Anna Lo to be its candidate in the South Belfast Constituency for the forthcoming Assembly Election. She is currently the Chief Executive of the Chinese Welfare Association, and is the first candidate from an ethnic minority background to contest a winnable seat in the Assembly. Her candidature has been described […]
Following his by-election victory, new Coleraine Alliance Councillor Barney Fitzpatrick has thanked local people for their support and has stated that this result shows that people are sick of tribal politics. He also stated that he is looking forward to working for everyone across the Skerries area. Barney Fitzpatrick won today’s by-election, defeating the DUP […]
Alliance Party candidate Barney Fitzpatrick has triumphed in today’s by-election for the Skerries ward of Coleraine Council. He topped the poll on first preferences and went on to win the seat from the DUP by a hundred votes, after the elimination of the Ulster Unionist candidate. Alliance Leader David Ford said: “This is an amazing […]