Stephen Farry, Alliance Constituency Representative for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, has called for an overwhelming endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement within the constituency. Stephen Farry, who was a member of the Alliance Party’s Talks Team, said: “The Alliance Party has always argued that in the absence of the unfair and undemocratic dominance of one […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Alderman Sean Neeson is calling for all parties who support the Agreement to do all they can to ensure that it is implemented in full. Mr Neeson said: “The Agreement, taken as a whole, is the best way forward for everyone in Northern Ireland. We must all do everything in our […]
Alliance Party Spokesperson on European Affairs, Alderman Sean Neeson, has claimed that the establishment of a Northern Ireland Assembly will give the region a more direct input into European negotiations. Mr Neeson said: “The European Union is having a greater impact on our lives on a daily basis and a Northern Ireland Assembly will provide […]
Alliance Party Councillor for Castlereagh Central, Michael Long has condemned the latest petrol bomb attack on a flat in the area. The flat at Ravenswood Park was petrol bombed at about 1am this morning. Councillor Long said ” It is disgraceful that yet again a home is damaged as a result of petrol bombs being […]
Following Neil Lennon’s announcement of his retirement from international football, Alliance Spokesperson on Sport, Cllr. Michael Long, has called for actions rather than words from all political parties on the issue of sectarianism in local sport. Alliance has previously called upon the NI Assembly to introduce the Football Offences Act to Northern Ireland. This legislation […]
Until recently most people here believed that we did not have a racism problem. Racism was a scourge that affected places like inner-city England, the southern states of the USA, or South Africa. However, in recent years in South Belfast there has been a number of worrying incidents. Attacks on Chinese and Muslim members of […]
East Antrim Alliance Assembly Member, Sean Neeson, has condemned the petrol-bomb attack against Lourdes Primary School in Whitehead. Mr Neeson said: “This is an outrageous sectarian attack on a local school, which will be widely condemned.” “The school is a valued part of the local community, and this is therefore an attack upon the whole […]
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor, Michael Long, has expressed his great concern at reports of an attempted abdcution of a 16 – year old girl in Glenview Avenue in Castlereagh on Wednesday night. Cllr Long has appealed to anyone with any information about the incident to contact the PSNI. Michael Long stated: “I was appalled to learn […]
On the eve of this years A-level results Alliance Youth Affairs Spokesperson Michael Long has called on the Minister for Education and Learning Carmel Hanna to look again at the issue of student finance and scrap tuition fees. The call was made in a week through in which changes in England will result in Northern […]
On the eve of this years A-level results Alliance Youth Affairs Spokesperson Michael Long has called on the Minister for Education and Learning Carmel Hanna to look again at the issue of student finance and scrap tuition fees. The call was made in a week through in which changes in England will result in Northern […]