Causeway Council finances need investigation

Alliance Councillors on Causeway Coast and Glens Council have called for an investigation into Council finances following confirmation of a shortfall in budgets.   Causeway Councillor Chris McCaw said: “Councillors were shocked, when late last year we were told by Council officers that we faced a budgetary crisis. This followed three years of zero increases […]

Bradshaw praises police after break-up of money laundering operation

Alliance MLA Paula Bradshaw has praised police after they broke up a major international money laundering operation handling £215 million worth of criminal assets. Officers arrested seven people and carried out searches at 15 properties in Belfast, Banbridge, Ballymena, Newry and Omagh. It is believed to be the second largest money laundering operation uncovered in […]

Northern Ireland needs to be protected against Brexit, says Armstrong

Northern Ireland needs to be protected against Brexit, Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong has said. Strangford MLA Ms Armstrong was speaking during an Assembly debate on the UK Government’s Withdrawal Bill, in which the Assembly rejecting giving consent to the plan to leave the EU at the end of the month. “Alliance is a pro-European party […]

Long announces new Alliance spokespersons

Alliance Leader Naomi Long has announced the party’s spokespersons for the new Assembly mandate, saying the party’s representatives will continue working to deliver for the people of Northern Ireland.   Chris Lyttle will continue as Alliance Education spokesperson, chairing the Assembly’s Education Committee, while Paula Bradshaw will remain as Health spokesperson and also take up […]

Mental health issues need to be at the centre of school days – Armstrong

Alliance Strangford MLA, Kellie Armstrong, has said that children’s mental health issues need to be recognised and at the centre of the school day. Ms Armstrong was speaking at the launch of a report on a conference held in October 2019 to discuss mental health issues affecting children who attend integrated schools. The report was […]