Alliance Councillor Stewart Dickson is encouraging members of the public to attend the first meeting in public of the Carrickfergus District Policing Partnership this Thursday. Cllr Dickson, who is Vice-Chair of the DPP, said: “This is the first time that the Carrick DPP will have met in front of members of the public, so I […]
Alliance Party General Secretary, Dr Stephen Farry, has claimed that the announcement of a Westminster boundary review before a local government boundary review risks another electoral debacle. Stephen Farry stated: “In opting for a review of Westminster boundaries before a review of local government boundaries, the Government is putting the cart before the horse. “While […]
Alliance Councillor Sean Neeson has said people are living in fear following a number of violent crimes in and around the south-east Antrim area. Condemning the recent attacks, Mr Neeson said: “In the past few days, there has been a murder, the kidnapping of a boy in which a man was tortured, a robbery in […]
TOWN planning in South Belfast is in need of a major shake-up, according to Alliance Councillor Geraldine Rice. Cllr Rice said: “The South Belfast News has highlighted many problems, including apartments springing up only to remain half full, traffic congestion, the destruction of older buildings and plans to build houses and supermarkets in the Green […]
ALLIANCE Councillor, Dr David Alderdice has urged the public to take advantage of a melanoma walk-in clinic at Belfast City Hospital today (Tuesday). Dr Alderdice, a dermatologist, has tabled a motion before Belfast City Council to ensure that sunbeds are not provided in Council-owned facilities, saying that a signal needed to be sent out about […]
Alliance Party Councillor Naomi Long has said the police need the support of the community in East Belfast if it wants to beat the threat of loyalist violence. Cllr Long was speaking after another weekend of bloodshed in her constituency, including the shooting of a man outside a Castlereagh Road pub in the early hours […]
From today’s IRISH NEWS: Bid to ban sunbed use By Anne Madden Health Correspondent SUN worshippers could soon be kissing sunbeds goodbye in leisure centres across Belfast if a city council motion is passed. Alliance councillor, Dr David Alderdice, has proposed to ban all tanning equipment from council leisure centres by next April because of […]
ALLIANCE Deputy Leader Eileen Bell has said that the IRA statements released last night confirm that the organisation has yet to make clear its total commitment to purely peaceful and democratic means. Mrs Bell said: “Five years on from the signing of the Agreement, it is only reasonable that the public has a right to […]
A Special Meeting of the Alliance Party Executive was held over the weekend to discuss the implications of the postponement of the Assembly Elections. The overwhelming view of the meeting was that the Government should now move to immediately convene the overdue (paragraph 8) Comprehensive Review of the Agreement and set a firm date for […]
With Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern due to meet next week, Alliance Leader David Ford has called on the two Governments to take urgent action to work with the parties to restore devolution in Northern Ireland. David Ford said: “The announcement that the Assembly election is to be postponed has grave repercussions for local democracy […]