Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has challenged other parties to help make 2017 the year of transparent and accountable politics in her New Year message. Mrs Long said a series of scandals involving the Executive parties meant the public’s confidence in local politics was at an all-time low. She also said we needed to counter […]
Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson has said plans by the Prime Minister to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) would weaken the rights of citizens throughout the UK. Mr Dickson was speaking after it was reported Theresa May would make the issue a central part of her 2020 General Election campaign. It would see […]
Alliance Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has expressed shock after a man was stabbed in the town. The 19-year-old was stabbed in the back in the Dublin Road area around 8.25pm yesterday (Monday) after an altercation between a number of people. He is in serious condition in hospital. “I am shocked and horrified this stabbing occurred […]
Alliance South Belfast Councillor Emmet McDonough-Brown has expressed concern after an Irish language bursary scheme had its funding withdrawn by the Communities Minister. The Liofa Gaeltacht Bursary Scheme sent around 100 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to Irish language summer classes in the Donegal Gaeltacht. The bursary is worth around £50,000 a year and operates […]
Alliance Holywood Councillor Andrew Muir has welcomed the completion of the works at Kinnegar designed to improve sewerage infrastructure in Holywood and eliminate notoriously pungent smell. Work along the Belfast Road in Holywood was completed on December 15, with a combined sewer overflow diverted away from Kinnegar Lagoons and the new waste water pumping station […]
Alliance East Belfast Councillor David Armitage has praised the emergency services for bringing an underground fire in the area under control. A 41-year-old man was taken to hospital after sustaining an electric shock during the incident in Melrose Avenue last night (Tuesday). A 36-year-old man was also treated at the scene for carbon monoxide poisoning. […]
Alliance Finance spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has warned of the impact of continued delays in agreeing an Executive Budget, saying it will impact the public and community sectors. Dr Farry said the Executive needed to agree a Budget as a matter of urgency, as doing so had become a casualty of the Renewable Heat Incentive […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has said her thoughts and prayers are with the people of Berlin after a lorry attack in the German capital killed 12 people. The vehicle ploughed into a Christmas market in the city, also injuring 48 people. German police are treating the incident as a probable terrorist attack. Mrs Long […]
The First Minister has compromised the institutions by refusing to voluntarily step aside to allow an independent, judge-led inquiry into the Renewable Heating Incentive (RHI) scheme, Alliance Leader Naomi Long MLA has said. The East Belfast MLA was speaking after a motion of no confidence in Arlene Foster, which Mrs Long co-signed, received the backing […]
Alliance Leader Naomi Long has said the DUP should clarify if any of its main donors were beneficiaries of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme fiasco by revealing a full list of those who donate to the party. She has also called again on James Brokenshire MP, as Secretary of State, to lift the NI […]