Alliance North Antrim candidate Jayne Dunlop has urged those who want to build a united community in Northern Ireland to remember that only Alliance is fully committed to community relations. Ms Dunlop wrote in the Belfast Telegraph: Community relations is the forgotten issue of this election, and despite its importance, few political parties have paid […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has made an impassioned call for the people of Northern Ireland to come out and support genuine cross-community politics at the ballot box. Mr Ford said: “Those who are serious about building a united community in Northern Ireland must make their votes count tomorrow. “Alliance has been getting an excellent response […]
ALLIANCE Assembly candidate for South Antrim David Ford has criticised David Burnside (UUP) for advising voters not to give any preference to Alliance, saying that this can only help the Sinn Fein candidate Martin Meehan. David Ford stated: “We have known for some months that Mr Burnside has been making very personal remarks against me, […]
East Antrim Assembly candidate Stewart Dickson has said that Alliance will be working to ‘end the ethnocracy and bring back democracy’ in the Comprehensive Review of the Agreement. Mr Dickson stated: “Nationalists and unionists have fought themselves to a standstill. The ability of the two traditional tribes to produce stalemate rather than deliver progress is […]
THE Alliance Party is well known for constructive politics, but the female candidates have taken the party’s election slogan – Alliance Works – to a new level at Stormont. The party has the best gender balance out of any party going into the Assembly elections, and will field the only female candidates in two constituencies. […]
ALLIANCE Assembly candidate Yvonne Boyle (East Londonderry) has said that recent news that Windsor Park is under threat as an international soccer venue after a warning from Uefa about sub-standard facilities shows just how much Northern Ireland would benefit from a national stadium. Ms Boyle, who is Alliance’s deputy culture, arts and leisure spokesperson, said […]
Alliance Party Leader, David Ford, has warned voters not to trust the Ulster Unionists with the future of community relations in Northern Ireland, given their past actions and current proposals. David Ford stated: “The most important job for the next Assembly must be to begin to tackle the continued deep divisions within this society. In […]
This election should be about bread and butter issues, and what an Assembly can do for you. But once again, it has become two campaigns of parallel politics, with unionists fighting amongst themselves and nationalists trying to out-green each other. Alliance is different. We want to restore trust, confidence and integrity to the political process. […]
ALLIANCE candidate for North Down and Education Spokesperson Eileen Bell has said has revealed the party’s nine-point plan for expanding integrated education in Northern Ireland. Mrs Bell stated: “Integrated education isn’t the total solution to our problems, but it is vital to the future of Northern Ireland if we are ever going to get over […]
Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, Stephen Farry, has criticised calls from Frank McGuinness and Patricia Kelly for the resignation of the Human Rights Commissioner, Brice Dickson, and demanded that they clarify their own position of whether they are in or out of the Commission. Stephen Farry stated: “It is clear that the campaign to undermine the […]