Alliance Assembly member Eileen Bell has said proposals to deregulate the pharmacy market in Northern Ireland will destroy community pharmacies. The North Down MLA said Alliance had written to the Office of Fair Trading to oppose recommendations to relax controls of entries to the market for pharmacies. Ms Bell said: “Community pharmacies are a vital […]
Alliance Councillor Geraldine Rice has said proposals to deregulate the pharmacy market in Northern Ireland will destroy community pharmacies. The Castlereagh councillor and Alliance Health Spokesperson said Alliance had written to the Office of Fair Trading to oppose recommendations to relax controls of entries to the market for pharmacies. Cllr Rice said: “Community pharmacies are […]
Alliance’s prospective candidate for North Belfast has said the UDA’s dumping of pipe bombs and fireworks at Ewart’s playing fields was a cynical gesture.” “This token gesture of leaving a few pipe bombs to be destroyed has no more merit than the LVF’s equally pathetic move a few years ago. I doubt anyone believes that […]
Lagan Valley MLA Seamus Close has condemned the arson attack on St Colman’s in Dunmurray. Mr Close said: “This attack on a house of God calls into question the intent of loyalist thugs and gangsters. On one hand they cynically leave pipe bombs for the security forces to deal with, while on the other their […]
Alliance Assembly member Seamus Close has said proposals to deregulate the pharmacy market in Northern Ireland will destroy community pharmacies. The Lagan Valley MLA said Alliance had written to the Office of Fair Trading to oppose recommendations to relax controls of entries to the market for pharmacies, after he had raised the issue at January’s […]
Alliance Assembly member Seamus Close has said that SDLP leader Mark Durkan’s recent lecture to unionists about their responsibilities under the Agreement would have greater credibility if the SDLP did the same. Mr Close said: “Mark Durkan has spent much time lecturing everyone about how they have responsibilities, yet the SDLP chose to shirk their […]
Alliance Assembly member Kieran McCarthy has said proposals to deregulate the pharmacy market in Northern Ireland will destroy community pharmacies. The Alliance Health Spokesman said that he had written to the Office of Fair Trading to oppose recommendations to relax controls of entries to the market for pharmacies. Mr McCarthy said: “Community pharmacies are a […]
Alliance’s prospective candidate for North Belfast has said those behind a nail bomb attack on Antrim Road PSNI station have nothing to offer the people of Northern Ireland. Condemning the attacks, Marjorie Hawkins said: “Continuity IRA showed little consideration for the residents of a nearby hostel who were forced to move. These men of violence […]
East Antrim Assembly member Sean Neeson has claimed that last night’s petrol bomb attack in Larne came very close to costing lives. Mr Neeson said: “I utterly condemn this blatantly sectarian attack on this family, which could have caused loss of life. I have had discussions with the local police, who like me, had hoped […]
Castlereagh Central Alliance Councillor Michael Long described the 25th anniversary service for the La Mon bombing at St Finnian’s on Sunday as “a deeply moving and fitting reminder for the people of Castlereagh”. Cllr Long said: “The service was a very deeply moving tribute to those who were killed and injured in the La Mon […]