Speaking on today’s publication of the Northern Ireland Audit Office’s report on the unsatisfactory implementation of waste management, Seamus Close MLA, Alliance Party Environment Spokesperson, has lambasted the Environment and Heritage Service’s failures. Mr Close said, “This report confirms what we already knew — the EHS and Department of the Environment have proven themselves incapable […]
An hour after he was elected as the city`s first republican mayor, the West Belfast Assembly member said his period in office would be “a model of tolerance for sharing power“.Mr Maskey, who was elected with the support of Sinn Fein colleagues, nationalist SDLP councillors and three members of the cross-community Alliance Party, urged unionists […]
Alliance Health Spokesman Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed scepticism over funding for the biggest health service shake-up here for 40 years. The Strangford MLA stated: “I welcome the fact that the Minster has finally moved to bring the Hayes report forward.” “It is clear that the health service has been in need of major surgery […]
Alliance Assembly member Seamus Close has said he would be unsurprised if loyalists carried out an attack on the home of Church of Ireland rector, the Rev Earl Storey. Mr Close said: “I condemn this attack, no matter where it came from, unreservedly.” “But even the rector himself suspects this was the work of loyalists, […]
Alliance Councillor Geraldine Rice has condemned last night’s sectarian attack on Holy Rosary Primary School in South Belfast. Councillor Rice, who is from the area and has a relative attending the school stated: “I am absolutely appalled at this blatantly naked sectarianism. It is a shame and disgrace that these thugs can come into the […]
A second Alliance councillor’s home has been attacked in retaliation for attempting to have a loyalist mural removed. However, this latest attack on Carrick councillor Stewart Dickson’s home was much more serious than that suffered by Castlereagh councillor Sara Duncan on May 27. Cllr Dickson’s Greenisland home was attacked by seven or eight men wearing […]
Last week a republican became Lord Mayor of Belfast for the first time in the city’s history. To vote for Alex Maskey was one of the most difficult, soul-searching decisions I and my two Alliance colleagues ever took. We had to weigh up countless factors and we heard many opinions. But we knew that whatever […]
“By now you will be aware that the Alliance Councillors in Belfast City Council have supported Alex Maskey of Sinn Féin as Lord Mayor. I know that some moderate people will see potential problems with this decision, so I am writing to tell you about the reasoning behind it.” “Alliance has never been afraid to […]
“By now you will be aware that the Alliance Councillors in Belfast City Council have supported Alex Maskey of Sinn Féin as Lord Mayor. I know that some moderate people will see potential problems with this decision, so I am writing to tell you about the reasoning behind it.” “Alliance has never been afraid to […]
Alliance has never been afraid to make difficult decisions for the sake of the peace process. Last Friday, the Alliance councillors on Belfast City Council announced that we will back the Sinn Fein candidate for Lord Mayor. The past few weeks have involved much soul-searching, but we took this decision because we believe that it […]