Alliance Chief Whip and Carrickfergus Councillor, Sean Neeson, has called on Health Minister Tony Worthington to restore “essential” funding to Northern Ireland’s Library Services. Alderman Neeson, who is a member of the Stormont Talks team and Northern Ireland Forum, urged Mr. Worthington to clarify his position in relation to the future of library funding. The […]
Ards Alliance Councillor Kieran McCarthy has praised the residents of a County Down village for opposing a Department of the Environment plan to build a major sewage plant between Kircubbin and Greyabbey. Alderman McCarthy, who is a member of the Stormont Talks Team and Strangford representative at the Northern Ireland Forum, claimed that residents from […]
Delivery vehicles who visit Antrim’s commercial heartland should be restricted to different times of the day, South Antrim Alliance Councillor Brian McConnell has claimed. Councillor McConnell, who was speaking at an Antrim Borough Council meeting with Environment Minister Lord Dubs last Wednesday, proposed a 10.30am delivery time on all goods vehicles visiting the town centre. […]
South Antrim Alliance Councillor Brian McConnell has urged the Department of the Environment and the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company to declare their position in relation to Antrim’s Ulster Bar site. Councillor McConnell, who tabled a series of questions to Environment Minister Lord Dubs at a special Council meeting last Wednesday, said it was necessary […]
Ford – Questions Government Over Railway Plans South Antrim Alliance Councillor David Ford has called on the Department of the Environment to reverse their decision to re-appraise the direct railway line scheme between Antrim and Belfast. Councillor Ford, who is the Alliance Party spokesman for Rural Development, urged Environment Minister Lord Dubs to “use his […]
The Alliance Leader Lord Alderdice has welcomed today’s meeting between the Speaker of the House of Commons and Gerry Adams and Martin McGuiness. John Alderdice said: We are living through a period of significant and hopefully positive change inthe politics of these islands and it may be that both Sinn Fein and Parliament are finding […]
North Belfast Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell has called on the people of Whitewell to “remain calm” after last night’s early morning petrol bomb attack in the Van Dyke Road area of the City. The Belfast City Councillor launched a scathing attack against those responsible for the attack and said: “I utterly condemn this type of […]