Alliance Councillor Nuala McAllister has condemned mass fighting which broke out among young people in north Belfast on Friday night, adding direct action to tackle the root of the problem was needed. Fighting broke out among more than 20 youths in the Skegoneill area of north Belfast, some armed with knives and sticks, with the […]
Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir has expressed concern over what police are treating as a suspected explosion at Palace Barracks. The local Councillor was speaking after an explosion is believed to have occurred inside a mail van within the army barracks in Holywood, starting a fire which spread to a second vehicle within the confines. Councillor […]
North Belfast Alliance Councillor Nuala McAllister has condemned a ‘disturbing’ hate crime attack in the area. The local Councillor was speaking after a teenage boy was stripped to his underwear and assaulted on Friday. She said: “I must condemn this disturbing incident and I hope the victim is able to make a full recovery from […]
Alliance representatives Councillor Stephen Martin and Judith Cochrane MLA have given their sympathies to the family affected by the tragic death of a four-year-old boy in Lisburn. Oliver Scullion died at Hilden Brewery today (Thursday). The independent brewery, established by the Scullion family in 1981, is the oldest of its kind in Ireland. The Health […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has condemned the murder of a man in his constituency. The man, named locally as Kevin McGuigan Snr, was shot dead at Comber Court in Short Strand on Wednesday (August 13) around 8.55pm. He later died from his wounds at the Royal Victoria Hospital. Mr Lyttle said there was […]
Alliance Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has said a drive-by shooting incident in the town was a “reckless act” which could have led to the loss of life. Councillor Kelly was speaking after gunshots were discharged from a moving car along Seven Mile Straight close to Mukamore around 6pm on Monday (August 10). It is believed […]
Alderman Stephen Martin has announced Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council’s first call-in to reconsider the decision to remove Councillor Jenny Palmer from the Board of the Lagan Valley Regional Park. Alderman Martin commented: “At last week’s meeting, two of Councillor Jenny Palmer’s former DUP colleagues, with the support of the SDLP, moved to remove Councillor […]
Alliance Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has voiced his concerns at a sentence handed out to a woman convicted of animal cruelty. Aleshia McLaverty (23) pleaded guilty to a charge of causing unnecessary suffering to a Labrador puppy and was handed a two-month custodial sentence at Antrim Magistrates’ Court, suspended for two years. She was also […]
Alliance Councillor Billy Webb has said he is “disgusted” by this morning’s security alert in Newtownabbey, which caused “immense disruption” in the area. Councillor Webb was speaking after an elaborate hoax was discovered in Abbeydale Close, forcing the closure of parts of the Shore Road and M5 for several hours, as well as affecting Translink […]
Alliance North Belfast Councillor Nuala McAllister has condemned today’s violence in North Belfast, which erupted after an anti-internment parade was preventing from going into the city centre. The march was blocked at the Oldpark Road after organisers the Anti-Internment League indicated they would ignore a Parades Commission ruling it should leave the city centre no […]