ALLIANCE Deputy Leader Eileen Bell is part of a party delegation visiting Maghaberry Prison this afternoon to discuss the new separation arrangements with senior staff there. Speaking ahead of the meeting, Mrs Bell said: “In Alliance’s submission to Sir John Steele, we said that the safety of both prisoners and staff must be the primary […]
ALLIANCE Finance Spokesman Seamus Close has accused the Government of allowing lawyers charged with recovering public funds to profit at the taxpayers’ expense. Speaking after the publication of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Industry report “DeLorean: The Recovery of Public Funds – Report by Comptroller and Auditor General”, Mr Close stated: “Just over 20 […]
Speaking after reports suggesting that the Government was pressured into a policy of separation at HMP Maghaberry by paramilitaries, Alliance Party Deputy Leader Eileen Bell stated: “Separation of prisoners at Maghaberry was something that many law-abiding citizens accepted with a heavy heart. People don’t want to see paramilitaries being rewarded for violence; they want to […]
THE Alliance Party will tonight make arrangements to select a candidate for the European Parliament election in June. A Party Council meeting on Saturday instructed the Party’s Executive to hold a selection meeting in early May. Speaking to the Executive on Tuesday, David Ford stated: “With the retirement of the two MEPs who have represented […]
Speaking after a meeting between an Alliance Party delegation, British Secretary of State Paul Murphy MP and Irish Minister of State Tom Kitt TD at Parliament Buildings today, Alliance General Secretary Dr Stephen Farry stated: “Alliance had a very constructive meeting with the two governments focusing on our ‘Agenda for Democracy’ – our proposals for […]
ALLIANCE Party Deputy Leader Eileen Bell MLA has said that the British Government has yet to learn that internment doesn’t work, as it continues to jail people without trial if they are refugees. Speaking after today’s Refugee Action Group conference on immigration procedures in Northern Ireland, Mrs Bell stated: “The Government is in denial if […]
Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, Councillor Stephen Farry, has welcomed the publication of draft legislation for Hate Crimes laws by the NIO, but called for a firm legislative timetable to be drawn up for legislation to be passed. Dr Farry stated: “I am pleased that another small step has been taken on the long road to […]
ALLIANCE’S Strangford representative Kieran McCarthy has condemned the illegal killing of badgers in his constituency and broadcast by UTV tonight. Mr McCarthy said: “Recently, I condemned all bloodsports, as I believe it is totally inhuman to condemn animals to a painful death merely for entertainment. “This attack filmed by UTV in my constituency was absolutely […]
Following a meeting with a delegation from the DUP today, Alliance Leader David Ford stated: “While there are many differences between our two parties, there are many issues worthy of further consideration. The DUP’s preferred option for the Assembly is very close to Alliance’s suggestion of a voluntary power-sharing coalition. Both Alliance and the DUP […]
Speaking ahead of today’s Review meetings, Alliance Leader David Ford said: “The paper published by the DUP last week marks a significant step forward in that party’s engagement with the process it walked away from in 1997. “I welcome the fact that the DUP is putting forward detailed proposals for the Review. It is more […]