Alliance Councillor Eóin Tennyson has said there are serious questions to answer after the Ulster Unionist Leader attended a rally after an illegal parade which appears to have breached Covid regulations. The Portadown parade – which both Doug Beattie MLA and Carla Lockhart MP have so far failed to condemn – was led by masked […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Paula Bradshaw has said she is “sick and tired” of public representatives undermining health restrictions, adding she is thankful that devolution means the NI Executive is free to follow the scientific advice even as the UK Government ignores it. The South Belfast MLA stated: “There is a degree of encouragement in figures […]
Kellie Armstrong MLA has hit out at both DUP and SF for playing games with lives due to delays in legislation. Alliance’s Communities spokesperson has said she is at “the end of her tether” with how the DUP and Sinn Fein are using people living in poverty as a political football. She added: “The budget […]
Urgent action is required to prevent further repeats of fish kills after a reported incident at Three Mile Water, Alliance South Antrim MLA John Blair has said. The Environment spokesperson was speaking after requesting agreement from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) to investigate the incident, which took in his South Antrim […]
A new Belfast Bikes station is set to be located at Lisnasharragh Leisure Centre, after years of lobbying by local Alliance Councillors Michael Long and Eric Hanvey. The plans are one of four new stations agreed by Belfast City Council tonight, with the local success coming on the back of collaborative cross-party working with the […]
Alliance Alderman Billy Webb has become the new Mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, offering a positive, progressive vision for the area in the year ahead. Almost 24 years since he was first elected, Alderman Webb said it was an “honour” to take up the role, with friends and family present. He added: “We have all […]
Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl has officially become the next Lord Mayor of Belfast. The sixth Alliance Councillor to take on the role, Kate laid out her vision as a Lord Mayor for everyone, under the umbrella of her theme for the year ‘Our Belfast’. Her opening remarks also included a nod to the role children […]
Alliance Economy spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has expressed his concern after Thompson Aero Seating announced plans for up to 180 redundancies across its sites. The engineering company will cut the jobs jobs at locations in Portadown and Banbridge. It marks the latest announcement of job losses by the company, which makes seats for commercial airlines, […]
The passage of legislation allowing the Infrastructure Minister to deal with a number of reservoirs where urgent interventions are required is a matter of life and death, Alliance MLA Andrew Muir has said. The party’s Infrastructure spokesperson was speaking after the Transfers of Functions Bill was approved by MLAs in the Assembly today. It is […]
Alliance Education spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has said a new report into educational underachievement shows just how much the Education Minister has failed to tackle the issue. The Chair of the Assembly’s Education Committee was speaking as Peter Weir released ‘A Fair Start’. Among its recommendations, it states all children should go to pre-school for […]