Caslereagh Councillor Sara Duncan has said residents of Forestgrove are concerned about a planning application for a BT Cellnet base station to be erected at Wright’s Engineering Works at Cedarhurst Road. Residents whose houses back onto the works are concerned about potential ill-effects on their children from emissions, and Cllr Duncan pointed out that Castlereagh […]
Alliance East Londonderry representative Yvonne Boyle has condemned an attack on a Kilrea man, in which he was beaten over the head with an iron bar and shot in both ankles in front of his wife and two children, aged seven and eighteen months Ms Boyle said: “This was a sickening attack, typical of paramilitaries. […]
Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has accused the Department of Education of ‘sectarian thinking’ in the way it allocated special funding to schools in North Belfast in December. Mr Ford said: “I was informed last week that Hazelwood College and Hazelwood Integrated Primary had not received any of the funding from the Executive’s special package.” […]
Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has accused the Department of Education of ‘sectarian thinking’ in the way it allocated special funding to schools in North Belfast in December. Mr Ford said: “I was informed last week that Hazelwood College and Hazelwood Integrated Primary had not received any of the funding from the Executive’s special package.” […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Eileen Bell MLA has said the Prime Minister has given a commitment to act on the party’s concerns about the Assembly designation and voting system, which caused a crisis during the election of a First and Deputy First Minister in November. Speaking after Alliance’s meeting with the Prime Minister at Downing Street […]
Assembly to debate Alliance motion – Alliance calls for adequate PSNI resourcing Alliance MLA Kieran McCarthy has said the Police Service of Northern Ireland can expect to be underfunded to the tune of a total of almost £250 million by 2006. Mr McCarthy was speaking ahead of an Assembly debate on the breakdown of law […]
Alliance Party Justice Spokesperson, Stephen Farry, has condemned last nights riots in North Belfast. Dr Farry stated: “The scenes of rioting in North Belfast are an outright disgrace. There is an absolutely no excuse that justify violence on either side.” “It is intolerable that the police and army are required, night after night, to place […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has said today’s rallies throughout Northern Ireland show the level of opposition to sectarianism and paramilitary organisations. Backing the ICTU call for all paramilitary organisations to disband, Mr Ford said: “The need to tackle sectarianism is a real issue for thousands of people in Northern Ireland, and today’s massive rallies illustrated […]
Castlereagh Alliance councillor Michael Long has expressed concerns at the potential negative effect that the renewed dispute in Ardoyne will have on policing in the borough. Cllr Long said: “During last year’s Holy Cross dispute police officers from Castlereagh were regularly transferred to North Belfast with the result that more constraints were placed on carrying […]
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor Michael Long has expressed his continued concerns about the levels of underage drinking in the Rosetta and Wynchurch areas. Cllr Long has raised the issue at a recent meeting with the PSNI at Castlereagh. He said: “Many local people are very worried at the level of underage drinking that continues to go […]