Castlereagh Alliance Councillor Geraldine Rice, has called for the introduction of traffic lights at the Brackenfield junction on the Saintfield Road following a traffic accident which took place this morning. A motorcyclist was injured when he collided with a car near the Brackenfield Service Station Alderman Gereraldine Rice said: “I was saddened to hear about […]
Alliance Assembly Member, Sean Neeson, has called on government to use hate crime laws to cut prejudice in Northern Ireland. His comments follow the revelation by campaigners that laws to combat prejudice may not have been used since their introduction in September 2004. It has, however, been impossible to see whether or not the laws […]
Alliance Education spokesperson, Naomi Long, has demanded that the Department of Education work with education boards to sell 64 vacant sites to help save threatened schools. The BELB, SEELB, Eastern, Southern and Western Boards are currently slashing education and library provision when they could sell off vacant sites to free up cash. The East Belfast […]
Alliance South Belfast representative, Allan Leonard, has demanded that only 20% of dwellings should be allowed to be HMOs (Houses of Multiple Occupancy) in designated areas of Belfast. This is less than the 30% previously proposed by the Planning Service. He has also called for the Holyland area to be included, in order to restore […]
Alliance Party Environment Spokesperson Stewart Dickson has said the party welcomes moves towards a more efficient and futuristic public transport system – but cautioned the Government that there cannot be an English solution to a Northern Ireland problem. The Carrickfergus Councillor and Party Local Government Whip stated: “People will rightly be concerned that this looks […]
Alliance Party Down Representative, Neil Powell, has condemned last night’s petrol bomb attack on a house in Killyleagh. Four people, including two children escaped injury in the attack which took place in the Limetree Hollow area of the town. Neil Powell said: “I am disgusted by this attack. Four people were in the house at […]
Alliance Party MLA, Kieran McCarthy, has demanded that police recruitment quotas be scrapped as they discriminate against ethnic minorities. He brought this issue to the attention of the Secretary of State, Peter Hain, in today’s Preparation for Government Committee and asked that diversity within the police be ensured. The Strangford Assembly Member said: “The quota […]
Alliance Party Spokesperson, Tom Campbell, has welcomed the fact that Ulster Unionists are reviewing their link with the PUP; however he has said that it should be severed as a matter of urgency. The Newtownabbey Councillor said: “The Ulster Unionists should end links with the representatives of loyalist paramilitary organisations now. “I welcome the Ulster […]
The Government must introduce a levy on plastic bags, similar to the measure in place in the Republic of Ireland and elsewhere in Europe. Government must use such basic measures to encourage people to re-use plastic bags in order to help the environment. There are two main ways which a plastic bag levy would have […]
Alliance Party Environment Spokesperson, Cllr Stewart Dickson, has called on parents preparing for their children’s return to school in September, to look into more environmentally-friendly ways of getting them to school this year. Cllr Dickson has asked parents to consider using public transport, sharing lifts or walking with their children to school. The Carrickfergus Councillor […]