THERE are suspicions in East Belfast that dog owners are using children’s swings in Belfast parks to train them to be more vicious, an Alliance Party MLA and councillor has claimed. East Belfast representative, Cllr Naomi Long MLA, said after she had received a number of complaints from worried constituents about what appeared to them […]
East Belfast Alliance Assembly Member, Cllr Naomi Long and Castlereagh Councillor, Michael Long, met with senior Translink officials yesterday, after they were inundated with complaints regarding the introduction of the new Metro Bus Service. High on their list of concerns was the removal of the No 34 service from Mount Merrion via the Cregagh Road […]
Alliance Party MLA, Naomi Long, has responded to the scaremongering allegations from UUP MLA, Michael Copeland, that the proposals in the forthcoming Shared Future document will lead to the banning of all flags surrounding the annual Twelfth celebrations. Naomi Long said: “Michael Copeland seems intent in anointing himself as the self-proclaimed defender of ‘Protestant rights’. […]
Responding to the publication of the latest Independent Monitoring Commission report into paramilitary activity, Alliance Party Leader David Ford MLA stated: “The IMC has sent out a clear message that the full range of sanctions against Sinn Fein is now appropriate, given the recent actions of the IRA not only with respect to the Northern […]
East Belfast Alliance Assembly Member, Cllr Naomi Long MLA, has asked people to be vigilant after a number of houses in East Belfast have been targeted by bogus callers early on Tuesday evening. A gang of three or four men posing as Water Service employees robbed houses as far apart as Summerhill, Ballyhackamore, Dundonald and […]
Responding to the news that the Ulster Unionist Party has launched a new leaflet alleging discrimination against Unionists, East Belfast Alliance MLA, Naomi Long, has called for politicians to focus on building a shared future rather than re-rehearsing the old arguments of ‘them versus us’. Naomi Long stated: “This is a return to the tired […]
East Belfast Alliance Assembly Member, Cllr Naomi Long MLA, has is seeking an urgent meeting to discuss the change to services along the lower Newtownards Road. From Monday, in order to travel from the lower Newtownards Road to locations along the Upper Newtownards Road passengers will either have to walk to the Albertbridge Road or […]
East Belfast Alliance Assembly Member, Naomi Long MLA, has accused Translink of showing a “cavalier disregard for their passengers”, following news of the no-warning withdrawal of services between Four Winds and Grosvenor Grammar School and the late service to Dundonald. Cllr Long is seeking an urgent meeting with Translink officials to discuss the issue. Naomi […]
ALLIANCE has slammed Translink for removing the No 34 service from Mount Merrion via the Cregagh Road after only recently reinstating a separate service to serve Mount Merrion via the Ormeau Road. Castlereagh Councillor Michael Long stated: “”Alliance lobbied long and hard, and eventually we succeeded in getting a service to cover the Mount Merrion/Ormeau […]
Speaking after the IRA statement withdrawing its offer to decommission its illegal weapons, Alliance Leader David Ford said: “The IRA has made offers of progress in the past, and also withdrawn such offers. This statement further calls into question the republican commitment to moving away from violence. Next time, the bar is likely to be […]