Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has said it is time for the Secretary of State to stop creating new barriers to the restoration of devolution and convene all-party talks with an independent facilitator immediately. Mrs Long was speaking following a meeting with Karen Bradley, in which the Secretary of State briefed Alliance and other parties […]
Belfast City Council needs to take a lead in increasing recycling rates across the city, Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has said. Councillor McReynolds was speaking ahead of tonight’s Belfast City Council meeting, in which he will bring a motion calling for the Council to commit to introducing glass recycling across the city as soon as […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has helped launch a film criticising the intensive industrial meat production in Northern Ireland, saying we should be aiming for ‘farms not factories’ when it comes to agrifood. Mr Dickson was speaking after the screening of Pig Business in Northern Ireland at Parliament Buildings, which shows the impact the farms can […]
Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl is to bring a motion calling for Belfast City Council to play its part in tackling sexual harassment.Councillor Nicholl will bring the motion to tomorrow’s Council meeting in the wake of the PSNI’s No Grey Zone campaign, which is designed to educate people about sexual consent. “I have been vocal about […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has said she is concerned the further recall of over one thousand patients as part of a review of neurology services raises more questions than it answers. The 1,004 patients seen by Dr Michael Watt will be contacted. It follows 2,500 patients being reviewed earlier this year. The new […]
Alliance Newry representative Helena Young has congratulated Newry Pride organisers after they were selected as the venue for the 2019 UK and Ireland Pride Festival and Parade. The announcement was made in Glasgow at the annual UK Pride Organisers Network conference 2018. “This is fantastic news and is a tribute to everyone at Newry Pride, […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has said her thoughts are with the loved ones of those killed in the Greysteel massacre, on the 25th anniversary of the atrocity. Eight people were killed by the UFF in the Rising Sun bar on the evening of October 30, 1993. It followed a week of murders in the […]
Alliance representatives have welcomed money for a city deal for the Belfast region but added the Chancellor is ignoring the elephant in the room over Brexit. Councillor Peter McReynolds and Stephen Farry MLA were speaking after Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced the Budget. The city deal will mean £350 million of funding, however, it is less […]
Alliance Strangford MLA, Kellie Armstrong has branded as disgusting the group of people pictured dressed as the KKK in Newtownards. This past weekend a group of people dressed up as Klu Klux Klan members and posed for a photograph outside the local Islamic prayer house. The local Alliance MLA said: “Everyone knows exactly what the […]
Alliance Infrastructure spokesperson Kellie Armstrong MLA has called for the Department for Infrastructure to clarify what’s next for the York Street Interchange project after a judge confirmed the contract awarded for it is to be set aside. With around 100,000 vehicles using the junction every day, it would have been one of the largest infrastructure […]