Alliance representative for Larne Town, Elena Aceves-Cully, has slammed the recent attack on the property of an independent member of Larne’s District Policing Partnership, during which his car was vandalized. Speaking after the attack, on Terry McCaughan’s home in Victoria Road, she said: “I utterly condemn this attack. “We have one of the best monitored […]
Alliance Sports Spokesperson Michael Long has congratulated the Ireland cricket team after its victory in the Intercontinental Cup. The win effectively means Ireland is deemed the best of the non-test-playing international teams at the two-innings game. The Castlereagh Councillor said: “Following on from the team’s qualification for the one-day World Cup earlier this year, this […]
I would like to comment on this morning service from Carrickfergus to Belfast Great Victoria St leaving Carrick at 7:40. The train was not one of the new ones, something that by now the Larne line passengers have again got used to (despite we were promised back in May that the new CAF trains would […]
The Alliance Party has challenged NIO Minister Shaun Woodward on his figures concerning the introduction of extra water charges Northern Ireland Northern Ireland. Elena Aceves-Cully, who was part of the party’s delegation to discuss the issue earlier this other parties, other parties: “As otherparties merely moan from the sidelines, be proactive be proactive promised to […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Eileen Bell has called for a better relationship between the Catholic Church and the legal system across Ireland to ensure child sex abuse allegations are dealt with robustly, and that the good name the vast majority of serving priests deserve is not tarnished. The North Down MLA stated: “As a practising Catholic, […]
Strangford Alliance Assembly Member Kieran McCarthy has hit out at those who carried out two similar paramilitary-style attacks on the Ards Peninsula on Friday [28 October]. Alderman McCarthy stated: “We are becoming far too used to waking up at weekends to more reports of paramilitary-style shootings. But we must never come to accept these as […]
North Antrim Alliance representative Jayne Dunlop has expressed her shock after a hitch hiker assaulted a woman who had given him a lift at midnight on Friday [28th], causing her car to crash. The former Party Chairwoman stated: “This type of incident is shocking. There will be some unease that someone kind enough to pick […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Alderman Kieran McCarthy has said Minister Shaun Woodward must not be swayed on his decision to implement a full smoking plan in enclosed work places in Northern Ireland. His warning comes as the Government fell short of proposing a similar ban in England, putting forward proposals only for a partial ban. The […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Eileen Bell has described the Secretary of State’s comments at the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee yesterday on allowing suspected fugitive terrorists to return to Northern Ireland as “extremely dubious”. She said that he has made a mockery of the Government’s claim to be putting victims at the centre of the political process. […]
Alliance has set out a number of key principles that should govern any Community Restorative Justice (CRJ) schemes. The Party has said it will accept such schemes only on the basis that they are an addition to, rather than an substitute for, the existing criminal justice system. Outlining the proposals, Justice Spokesperson Cllr Stephen Farry […]