ALLIANCE Assembly member Sean Neeson has been selected as the party’s candidate for the next Westminster election. The East Antrim Assembly member said he was delighted to have been chosen to represent the party again at the polls. Mr Neeson stated: “It will be a three horse race in East Antrim, and I am looking […]
Alliance Assembly Member, Cllr. Naomi Long has been selected by East Belfast Alliance Association as the party’s candidate for the upcoming Westminster elections. Speaking after the selection meeting, Cllr. Long stated that she intends to offer the people of East Belfast a positive and fresh voice in contrast to the negativity offered by the Unionist […]
Supporters of Ballyhackamore Library have handed over a petition containing over 2000 signatures to East Belfast Alliance Assembly Member and Party Education Spokesperson, Naomi Long this week. Cllr Long, who has been campaigning in support of the retention of library services, has arranged a meeting with the Chief Executive and Chief Librarian from Belfast Education […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA and Party Education Spokesperson, Naomi Long, attended a meeting this week between senior South Eastern Education and Library Board officials and parents and teachers representatives from Lagan College to discuss the removal of bus passes from children who travel along Manse Road, from Ballygowan Road to the school, from last September. […]
ALLIANCE MLA for Strangford, Kieran McCarthy, has said that his party will introduce a Marine Conservation Bill to the Assembly when it is restored, after a WWF survey showed that Strangford Lough had lost 3.7 square kilometres of its horse mussel beds since 1993. Mr McCarthy stated: “The situation in Strangford Lough does not seem […]
Seamus Close MLA (Lagan Valley) has said he is following with interest media coverage concerning the proposal by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to move its equine programmes from Enniskillen to Greenmount. The Northern Ireland Audit Office published a damning report on the Irish Sport Horse Genetic Testing Unit in Necarne in 2000, […]
East Belfast Alliance Assembly member, Cllr Naomi Long, has condemned the petrol bomb attack in Tweskard Lodge, off the Belmont Road, in East Belfast. Damage was caused to a car when a petrol bomb was thrown through a window of the vehicle in the early hours of Monday morning. Cllr Long, Chair of the East […]
ALLIANCE Leader David Ford MLA held talks this afternoon with senior members of the SDLP, UUP and DUP to discuss potential ways forward to overcome the current political stalemate. He also met Dr Kieran Deeny MLA. Mr Ford stated: “On my initiative, I met leading members of the SDLP, UUP and DUP today, as it […]
ALLIANCE Sports Spokesperson, Councillor Michael Long (Castlereagh) , is meeting the Culture, Arts and Leisure Minster, Angela Smith MP, today to discuss the possibility of introducing the Football Offences Act to Northern Ireland. Cllr Long said that racist chanting by a small section of supporters at a Boxing Day match demonstrated that there was “a […]
ALLIANCE Social Development Spokesperson Eileen Bell MLA has welcomed plans for improving housing policies in relation to ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland. Eileen Bell said: “Sadly, the situation regarding housing for migrant workers and ethnic minority communities has been brought into sharp focus this week after a Ukranian woman had to have her frostbitten legs […]