Alliance’s North Belfast Assembly candidate Marjorie Hawkins has been selected to serve on Carrickfergus District Police Partnership Boards set up as a result of the new policing arrangements recommended by Patten. The Boards provide views to the district commander about policing in his district, monitoring police performance, make the public’s views know to the PSNI […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has slammed former Environment Minister Dermot Nesbitt for granting a licence for hare coursing, after it was revealed that two hares died as a direct result of the activity. The Alliance Environment Spokesperson said he had now written to the Direct Rule Minister now in charge asking for a “categorical guarantee […]
East Belfast Alliance Councillor, Naomi Long has condemned the actions of those who launched a pipe bomb attack against Mountpottinger PSNI station overnight as “utterly despicable”. An elderly lady found the pipe bomb in an alleyway in the Madrid Street area. Police said she had a narrow escape after picking up the device. Cllr Long […]
Eileen Bell, Alliance Assembly member for North Down, said that she had been approached by quite a number of her constituents about the reports that British Midland is hoping to fly late-night flights into, or out of, Belfast City Airport. ” I would remind British Midland that they chose to fly from the City Airport […]
Alliance Party Leader, David Ford, has called on Ulster Unionist Party Leader, David Trimble, to abandon his ‘ourselves alone’ approach to achieving confidence-building measures from republicans, and to instead build a wider coalition with like-minded parties throughout these islands. Mr Ford stated: “The concerns expressed by David Trimble regarding the need for real and substantial […]
Alliance South Belfast representative Geraldine Rice is to discuss what measures can be taken to protect vulnerable elderly people with a PSNI Assistant Chief Constable next week. Councillor Rice was speaking after an 82-year-old woman from the Belvoir estate died shortly after a robbery at her home on Thursday evening. Condemning the robbery, Cllr Rice […]
Alliance Party Leader, David Ford, has called upon Ulster Unionist Party Leader, David Trimble, to abandon his ‘ourselves alone’ approach to achieving confidence-building measures from Republicans, and to instead build wider coalitions with like-minded parties throughout these islands. “The concerns expressed by David Trimble regarding the need for real and substantial confidence-building measures from republicans […]
Alliance Party Leader, David Ford, has called upon Ulster Unionist Party Leader, David Trimble, to abandon his ‘ourselves alone’ approach to achieving confidence building measures from Republicans, and to instead build wider coalitions with liked minded parties throughout these islands. “The concerns expressed by David Trimble regarding the need for real and substantial confidence building […]
In response to the Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General for NI into the Sheep Annual Premium Scheme, Alliance Finance Spokesman and member of the Public Accounts Committee, Seamus Close MLA, said: “This Audit Office report raises many areas of concern that the Department of Agriculture must address. One of the most important of […]
Building a United Community Policy Paper:Community Relations Summary Alliance is working for an open and free society, where we are all equal citizens – not a society where we merely tolerate difference, but rather a society where we celebrate diversity and cherish individuality. Only Alliance rejects the notion that we must all be pigeonholed into […]