President, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, May I first of all associate myself with the tribute you have just paid to my friend and predecessor as Leader, Sean Neeson. In the immediate aftermath of the Assembly election, Sean was asked by the Assembly team to take on the role – and I was the one […]
It is a great pleasure for me to be here this morning and thank you for inviting me to address your Party Conference. Having just recovered from my own Conference in Brighton I know how much goes into these events and how useful they can be for developing ideas and planning the future. In fact […]
This is a time of serious crisis- and, for once, not just in Northern Ireland. As I look forward to my first Alliance conference as leader, I cannot think of a more turbulent time to take over the reins. We are watching a world at war, potentially on a scale that has not been seen […]
This is a time of serious crisis – and, for once, not just in Northern Ireland. As I look forward to my first Alliance conference as Leader, I cannot think of a more turbulent time to take over the reins. We are watching a world at war, potentially on a scale that has not been […]
This is my first article as the new Alliance leader. It couldn’t have come at a more difficult time for Northern Ireland. Of course, right now Northern Ireland’s problems appear almost petty compared to the war on terrorism being fought around the world. But we also have our own dilemma with terrorists and their weapons […]
When an individual is targeted in a crime against the person or against their property because of their religion, race or sexual orientation, a hate crime is committed. They are not merely attacks upon the immediate victim or victims, but on the values of shared, multi-cultural society. Hate crimes are a feature within the Northern […]
Alliance Party Leader Seàn Neeson has expressed his shock at the enormity of job losses announced by Shorts today. Mr Neeson Says: “While I expected some redundancies at Shorts because of the tragic events in America on September 11th the number of redundancies announced today will run shock waves throughout all industry in Northern Ireland.” […]
Alliance Party Leader, Sean Neeson, has stated that the exclusion motion from the David Trimble and the Ulster Unionists and associated threat to withdraw Ministers from the Executive risks letting the Republicans off the hook again on decommissioning. Sean Neeson said: “The future of peace process are being called into jeopardy by the refusal of […]
Alliance Party Deputy Leader, Eileen Bell, speaking in response to the IRA statement that they are set to intensify ‘discussions’ with the IICD has said than concrete gestures rather than empty words are necessary from Republicans if the process is to move forward. Eileen Bell said: “This peace process is going nowhere unless we can […]
Alliance Party Leader Seàn Neeson has written to President George W Bush to express his sympathy on the recent terrorist attacks there. Seàn Neeson also joined many thousands of politicians and officials at a three-minute silence in Brussels last Friday. Mr Neeson said: “I was in Denmark and Belgium with the Enterprise Trade and Investment […]