The Alliance Party’s David Alderdice met and congratulated Senator McCain in Washington DC on Wednesday night. Sen. McCain had made a keynote speech at the annual American Ireland Fund dinner in which he clearly stated that there was no place for the IRA and Sinn Fein needed to face he challenge. Dr Alderdice was encouraged […]
ALLIANCE Social Development Spokesperson, Eileen Bell MLA (North Down), has welcomed the Chancellor’s announcement that the is doubling the level at which house buyers pay stamp duty to £120,000. Mrs Bell, also Alliance Deputy Leader, said the move would start to address problems surrounding the widening housing gap in Northern Ireland that is pricing first-time […]
ALLIANCE Councillor Geraldine Rice has condemned a loyalist attack on SDLP Assembly member Carmel Hanna at a bonfire site at Milltown Road, Shaw’s Bridge on Tuesday. Cllr Rice stated: “This stone-throwing sectarian attack on an elected representative was completely uncalled for and I condemn it without reservation. No-one deserves to be treated like that. “Castlereagh […]
Alliance spokesperson for Laganbank, Allan Leonard, has accepted the call to show support and spread the word of the ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign, which aims to drop unrepayable debt owed by the world’s poorest countries, to increase the amount of international aid, and to make global trade fair: “I learned about the ‘Make Poverty History’ […]
East Belfast Alliance Assembly Member Cllr Naomi Long has welcomed progress towards getting the proposed Vodafone mast on the Old Holywood Road relocated to a site within Belmont Park, following a recent decision by the Parks and Amenities Sub-committee allowing its relocation within Belmont Park. The mast is one of a number of contentious mast […]
Responding to the comments yesterday from Martin McGuinness, David Ford, Alliance Leader, has condemned the hypocrisy of Sinn Fein. David Ford said: “Yesterday’s comments by Martin McGuinness amount to staggering hypocrisy, especially in his warning to the McCartney family to not get involved in politics. “Sinn Fein has ‘played politics’ throughout the peace process. That […]
Alliance spokesperson for Laganbank, Allan Leonard, has expressed his contempt for the attack on a woman of 84 years of age, while asleep in her home off the Ormeau Road. He has called for further protection from the police service, as well as the greater promotion of the need for all residents to be vigilant […]
Following many years of lobbying by Alliance leader David Ford, there is now a green light for the development of a new railway station at Ballymartin, beside the M2 motorway between Templepatrick and Ballyclare. The Transport Holding Company has purchased 16 acres of land between the A57 road and the railway line, just beside the […]
South Antrim Alliance MLA David Ford has welcomed the news that the Transport Holding Company is to sell its interest in the land at the Ulster Bar corner in Antrim town centre. David Ford said: “I was told last week by Dr Joan Smith, Chair of the company, that the Transport Holding Company has decided […]
Alliance has supported the announcement in the US that Sinn Fein is barred from fundraising activities during their present visit for St Patrick’s Day. Allan Leonard, candidate for Belfast City Council and an American by birth, says that this clearly demonstrates the American impatience with Sinn Fein’s lack of progress towards solely democratic politics: “The […]