Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has sent her best wishes to James Brokenshire, who has resigned as Secretary of State due to ill health. It is understood Mr Brokenshire is awaiting urgent surgery for a lung condition. Mrs Long said she wished him well for the future. “We often disagreed, sometimes robustly, but the role […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long has said Sinn Féin MP Barry McElduff needs to provide full explanation and apology after he was pictured posing with a Kingsmill loaf on his head on the 42nd anniversary of the Massacre. She added: “What might have seemed on the surface like just the latest bizarre social media post by […]
The Alliance Party has backed boxing clubs across Belfast, agreeing £200,000 in funding to be allocated to the boxing strategy in the upcoming financial year. Group Leader Michael Long said the decision would allow local clubs associated with the IABA to continue delivering on the existing boxing strategy whilst a new overall Sports Development Strategy […]
Alliance has urged the UK Government to convene a cross-party group to help mitigate the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland. East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson said such a working group would be in the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement, an important factor in its 20th anniversary year. “Brexit has the potential to undermine […]
There is a need for 66,000 new houses across Belfast by 2035, Alliance Councillor David Armitage has said. Councillor Armitage was speaking during a motion he brought at Belfast City Council last night (Wednesday). The motion, which went to Committee without debate, called on statutory agencies to review their land ownership to help identify any […]
Meetings of Belfast City Council Area Working Groups should be audio recorded to make them more open to public scrutiny, East Belfast Alliance Councillor Peter McReynolds has said. East Belfast Councillor Mr McReynolds was speaking ahead of bringing a motion to the Council tonight (Wednesday) calling for all Area Working Group meetings to be recorded […]
There is a need to “rediscover the meaning” of the Good Friday Agreement as we approach its 20th anniversary, Alliance Deputy Leader Stephen Farry has said. Dr Farry made the statement in a submission from Alliance to the Westminster Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, as part of its inquiry into devolution and democracy here. He said […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Paula Bradshaw MLA has made a direct appeal to the previous Health Minister to help deliver a restored Executive urgently for the sake of the health and social care sector here. The South Belfast MLA said examples of pressures across the sector are coming on a daily basis. “We hear stories of […]
Alliance North Down Councillor Karen Douglas has said hunting with hounds must end after attending a protest calling for the ending of the practice. Councillor Douglas was speaking after protesting in Crawfordsburn. She said the numbers attending were proof of growing support for animal welfare. “It was good to see so many people at this […]
Alliance East Belfast Councillor David Armitage has said he is appalled after a gunpoint robbery at a local shopping centre. A staff member at McDonald’s in Connswater Retail Park was approached by a man carrying a suspected firearm around 5am this morning outside the fast food outlet. He ordered the member of staff inside, where […]