South Antrim Alliance MLA, David Ford, has criticised the decision to grant planning permission for a major food store on the Ballymena Road in Antrim. David Ford said: “The initial decision of the planning service was to refuse this application. This was inline with policies elsewhere in the UK, were out of town shopping is […]
The Alliance Party Regional Development Spokesperson, Cllr Naomi Long MLA, has welcomed the announcement by John Spellar that the General Consumer Council is to become the consumer representative body for water users in Northern Ireland. Naomi Long said: “It is clear that how we use and pay for water and sewerage services as a society […]
Commenting on the report from Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary, Alliance Leader David Ford said that the report clearly showed that much work still needs to be done on policing. David Ford said: “The HMIC Report sets out a number of issues which need to be addressed to ensure that the PSNI becomes the body […]
THE Lord Mayor of Belfast, Tom Ekin, today met with Diana Buttu, a legal advisor for the Palestinian Authority. The Alliance Councillor described the cross-community perspective of the Alliance Party, and was intrigued to learn about Ms Buttu’s outreach work in Israeli households. She found that there’s little room for Israelis to funnel their opposition […]
CASTLEREAGH Council is paying a DUP councillor £13 per minute to Chair a committee that has only met for a total of only 100 minutes in the past six months – an average of less than 17 minutes per meeting. At the most recent meeting of Castlereagh Council, Alliance Councillor Michael Long called for the […]
North Antrim Alliance representative Jayne Dunlop has welcomed news that plans to create a lignite mine at Ballymoney have been withdrawn. Ms Dunlop, who had campaigned against the introduction of a lignite mine in North Antrim, stated: “This news will come as a huge relief to residents in the area and further afield. There are […]
ALLIANCE Councillor Lynn Frazer has criticised a fellow Newtownabbey councillor for using a racist term during a council meeting. Cllr Frazer, who admonished Cllr McTeague for his remarks about councillors being “treated like niggers” during the Council meeting on Monday night, stated: “At a time when ethnic minorities in Northern Ireland are facing attacks on […]
ALLIANCE Assembly member for East Antrim and Carrickfergus Councillor Sean Neeson has condemned the attack on a family in the Thomas Street area of Carrickfergus. Mr Neeson stated: “I am totally disgusted by this attack as three families have now been forced to leave Carrickfergus. These families have been long-established in the town and I […]
SOUTH Antrim Alliance MLA David Ford has expressed the Party’s opposition to the apparent intention of the Department of Regional Development to close “non-core” rail lines in response to the Railway Review Group’s report on the future of the Northern Ireland railway network today. David Ford said: “The entire rail network, like other public transport, […]
An Alliance delegation led by Party Leader David Ford has had a meeting with the Secretary of State and called for action to be taken to deal with bonfires and illegal flags and to reform the law on the Parades Commission. This followed a meeting with Mr Duncan McCausland, the Assistant Chief Constable for Belfast […]