Alliance MLA and Belfast Alliance Group Leader, Cllr. Naomi Long has hailed the decision taken by Belfast City Council to locate its new leisure centre for South Belfast at Ormeau Park as a victory for everyone in South Belfast and across the city. She highlighted the fact that the new centre would be located at […]
Alliance Party Deputy Leader Eileen Bell has called on all groups to ensure that there can be no monopoly on suffering, and no association of victims rights with any specific religious tradition. Speaking after a meeting with justice sector officials, the North Down MLA stated: ‘It is the height of irresponsibility to associate victims’ rights […]
Alliance representative for Antrim Line, Councillor Tom Campbell, has expressed concern at reports that convicted terrorists would be seeking positions as police officers, as part of the price to be paid for Sinn Fein participation in District Policing Boards. Such suggestions were ‘a step too far’, he said. Councillor Campbell, who has been nominated for […]
I have been saddened by the spate of crime and violence of recent weeks. Each incident brings its own sorrow. Like the murder of a boy, returning from buying sweets. Or the repeated rape of a girl, out with her friends. Then there’s the loyalist feud, with the UVF attempting to exterminate the LVF. Some […]
David Ford said high standards must be maintained in the PSNI Alliance leader David Ford has conceded that some IRA members could end up in the police service in the future. Mr Ford did not dispute that recent IRA recruits who had no record of illegal activity might get jobs in the PSNI. He said […]
Speaking after Cork City became the island of Ireland’s only remaining representatives in European competition by reaching the first round proper of the UEFA Cup on Thursday night [25 August], Alliance Councillor Michael Long has said the progress of teams from south of the border illustrates clearly the case for summer football. The Castlereagh Councillor […]
Strangford Alliance MLA Kieran McCarthy will join a cross-party group of MLAs joining representatives of the MS Society at a meeting with Health Minister, Shaun Woodward, to discuss why some people are being deprived of access to a crucial drug. The Ards Borough Alderman stated, “Patients are baffled as to why some MS sufferers seem […]
Alliance Antrim Councillor, Alan Lawther, has spoken out against the waste of excessive packaging of food products. He has called for individuals to contact manufacturers to fix this, thus reducing waste and its costs. Councillor Lawther said, “Waste is not a glamorous topic, but it has huge cost implications for ratepayers. “Antrim Council is doing […]
Alliance Party Leader, David Ford, has expressed his sympathies upon learning of the death of Gerry Fitt, former leader of the SDLP and Deputy First Minister in Executive of the previous Northern Ireland Assembly. Mr Ford cited the crucial role that Lord Fitt played in the 1973 Sunningdale Agreement and in bringing together representatives from […]
Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, Stephen Farry, has responded to speculation that the Government may be about to make further concessions allowing paramilitaries to participate formally in ‘community policing’ through stressing that all the people in Northern Ireland serve the same high standards of policing. Stephen Farry stated: “Every citizen in Northern Ireland is entitled to […]