Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, Stephen Farry, has claimed that through discussing the nature of the post-war arrangements for Iraq tomorrow’s Bush-Blair Summit may have huge implications for the future of the United Nations and the international community. Dr Farry stated: “It is easy to be cynical about the forthcoming Bush-Blair Summit in Northern Ireland. However, […]
East Belfast Alliance Councillor, Naomi Long, has expressed her disappointment that the mobile phone mast at the junction of Cairnburn Road and Old Holywood Road will not be relocated to Belmont Park. Following a campaign by local residents and political representatives to have the mast re-sited within Belmont Park and screened from public view, local […]
I welcome Nigel Dodds recent conversion to the removal of offensive graffiti in North Belfast (Belfast Telegraph, April 3). Mr Dodds was right to request that the authorities remove sick slogans that wish harm on RIR soldiers serving in Iraq. “However, I would ask for a commitment from Mr Dodds that if he is ever […]
It is widely accepted that street to street fighting in Baghdad will lead to thousands of casualties and fatalities, and the innocent will bear the brunt of this carnage as they have done since the invasion commenced. It is also feared that if there are chemical and biological weapons to be used, Saddam Hussein will […]
“It is of great concern to me that we appear to be entering into a period of public consultation on the future of the water service without the full facts being presented to the people.” “Firstly, I cannot accept the constant assertion from the Government that in Northern Ireland we do not pay for tap […]
By Seamus Close MLA The War for Oil – for that is what it is – is neither a just war nor a legal war, and I have little doubt that it will go down in the history books as a war that changed the global political landscape for generations. From the outset I must […]
Alliance Finance Spokesman Seamus Close has said that the General Report of the Comptroller and Auditor for Northern Ireland published today highlights many teething problems associated with the move to resource accounting. Mr Close stated: “Many of these problems, and thus weaknesses, are of a technical nature and should be corrected through time, but other […]
Community relations will form a central part of Alliance’s election manifesto, Alliance Leader David Ford said today, at the start of Community Relations Week. Mr Ford said that five years after the Agreement was signed, unionism and nationalism were moving further and further to the extremes, rather than working together in the common interests of […]
Alliance Assembly member Kieran McCarthy has said that the £9 million worth of free nursing care contributions provided by the Assembly is no longer helping the elderly as it should. Mr McCarthy said that some opportunistic nursing homes were putting profit first by increasing fees by £100 per week – the exact amount the Assembly […]
Alliance Assembly member Sean Neeson has written to the Health Minister expressing concerns that people in the Northern Health Board area are facing unacceptable delays in receiving treatment for severe skin problems. Mr Neeson said a number of his constituents with dermatological conditions and irritations causing pain were waiting much longer than they should reasonably […]