Alliance Party Craigavon Representative, Sean Hagan, has slammed those that carried out a petrol bomb attack in Lurgan last night. The petrol bomb started a fire outside a house in the Limefield area at about 2335 BST. Sean Hagan said: “I strongly condemn this disgraceful act. We are trying to eradicate such acts of wanton […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy has hit out at “morons” responsible for an attack on an essential community resource in Ballynahinch. Speaking after an attack on the local community centre, the Strangford Assembly member stated: “What on earth were these morons trying to prove by depriving people of this resource? “This is a devastating […]
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor and Party Vice Chair, Michael Long, has hit out at the perpetrators of arson attacks in the Wynchurch area of South Belfast and is meeting with police tonight to discuss the issue. In the past 15 months almost 30 arson attacks have taken place in the area which is off the Rosetta […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson, Kieran McCarthy, has stated that the alarmingly high number of hospital patients whose alcohol levels are over the drink-drive limit indicates that Northern Ireland is facing massive health problems in future. Kieran McCarthy’s comments come on the day a Belfast City Hospital survey was published showing that the number of hospital patients […]
Alliance Party Ballymena Representative, Jayne Dunlop, has welcomed the potential creation of 40 new jobs in the Ballykeel area of Ballymena. The initiative, which was announced by Minister David Hanson today, sees a £740,000 extension being added to an existing business centre in the area. Jayne Dunlop said: “It is great news that potentially 40 […]
Alliance Party Enterprise Spokesperson David Alderdice has said the latest fall in Northern Ireland employment is encouraging, but masks the ongoing need to create well-paid jobs here. The North Down Councillor and former Belfast Lord Mayor stated: “It is excellent news that Northern Ireland has bucked the UK trend and seen another fall in unemployment. […]
East Belfast Alliance Assembly Member, Naomi Long, has asked SEELB Commissioners to save Lisnasharragh High School as it provides a vital service for pupils from socially and economically deprived backgrounds. Naomi Long and Castlereagh Alliance Councillor, Michael Long, led a deputation to meet SEELB Commissioners this afternoon. Cllr Naomi Long said: “I welcome the opportunity […]
Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy has slammed those responsible for apparent arson attacks in Dungannon and leaving explosives in the grounds of a new development in County Louth, saying that such actions cannot be tolerated by the community. The Strangford Assembly Member stated: “It is nearly every day now that we are hearing of further […]
Former Belfast Lord Mayor Tom Ekin has welcomed the announcement that 450 workers in the Prudential in Belfast that were going to lose their jobs, are to receive a reprieve. However, he stated that Northern Ireland would be in a better position to safeguard current employment and create new jobs if devolution were up and […]
The Alliance Party has developed a series of benchmarks for assessing the commitment of political parties to policing and the rule of law, and challenged the British and Irish governments to define what is entailed to parties ‘signing up by policing’. Alliance Party Leader, David Ford stated: “If the suspended institutions of the Agreement are […]