Alliance Candidate for Larne Town at the recent May Local Elections, Elena Aceves-Cully, has said that it is vital that the Larne railway line receives its fair share of new trains after the relaying work is completed in December 2005. Elena Aceves-Cully stated: “Us, passengers have for the last 2 months tried to get used […]
Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, Stephen Farry, speaking in response to the publication of the latest figures for Hate Crimes by the PSNI, has ncalled for more attention to be paid to clear-up rates, and to using the Hate Crime laws now on the statute books. Dr Farry stated: “By their nature, Hate crimes are a […]
North Antrim Alliance spokesperson, Jayne Dunlop, has condemned today’s petrol bomb attack on a house in Ahoghill. Jayne Dunlop said: “This was a dreadful act which could have resulted in serious injury or even death. Fortunately the petrol bomb hit some wires and didn’t reach the house, but fell to the ground and burnt out […]
These next few weeks will mark the end of Alliance man Tom Ekin’s year as First Citizen of Belfast. The ever expanding city is becoming more and more challenging to administer and we caught up with the Lord Mayor to find out how he thinks the year has gone, what he has achieved and what […]
Alliance Party Leader, David Ford, has called on the British and Irish Governments to publish the latest report of the Independent Monitoring Commission immediately. David Ford said: “It is now over three weeks since the Independent Monitoring Commission tabled its latest report to the British and Irish Governments. Its publication was said to be delayed […]
After years of exclusion from the top posts in Castlereagh Borough Council, the Alliance Party’s Councillor Geraldine Rice was today elected Deputy Mayor. Alliance had been excluded from the top posts by the DUP and UUP for many years, having only had one Deputy Mayor in the past 25 years, despite the fact that their […]
Alliance endorses the proposed establishment of a Northern Ireland Charity Commission, as outlined in a Department for Social Development consultation on charity law in Northern Ireland. In replying to the consultation, Eileen Bell MLA, Alliance Party Spokesperson for Social Development, said: “Alliance has long argued the case for a Northern Ireland Charity Commission, the lack […]
An Alliance delegation this morning met with US Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss, to discuss political developments in Northern Ireland. Speaking after the meeting, David Ford stated: “Alliance had very productive meeting with Dr Reiss. “Like Alliance, Dr Reiss takes a particular interest in developing a shared future. We stressed that a government framework for good […]
Lord Alderdice, British Liberal Democrat peer (formerly Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, and before that Northern Ireland’s Alliance Party Leader) has been elected President of Liberal International, the world-wide organization of more than 80 Liberal political parties, at their Congress this past weekend in Sofia, Bulgaria. The weekend Congress was hosted by Bulgarian Prime […]
Responding to today’s Queen’s Speech setting out the legislative programme for the newly elected Government, Alliance Party Health Spokesperson, Kieran McCarthy MLA, endorsed the pledge to introduce a smoking ban. Kieran McCarthy said: “A ban on smoking in public places should be introduced in Northern Ireland as soon as possible. While the Government’s legislation will […]