Alliance OFMdFM spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has congratulated the new Victims’ Commissioner on her appointment to the role. Judith Thompson, a former skills advisor to the Northern Ireland Probation Board, will take the position vacated by Kathryn Stone last year. Mr Lyttle said Ms Thompson had an important role to play in our society. “I […]
Alliance Councillor David Armitage has welcomed the removal of sectarian graffiti which had been daubed in the Sydenham area. The graffiti was painted on a wall on the corner of Connsbrook Avenue and Strandburn Street. It has since been painted out after receiving widespread condemnation. It is one of a number of pieces of sectarian […]
This week sees the launch of Belfast Pride, the festival celebrating the local LGBT community. Marking the 25th anniversary of the first Belfast Pride parade, it is an opportunity to take this year’s festival theme about building equality and really make it mean something. It is the perfect time to do it. Earlier this year […]
East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has said new Government files containing further allegations around Kincora Boys’ Home only further fuel the case for its inclusion in the Home Office’s child abuse inquiry. Alliance MLA Mr Lyttle was speaking after the files, which remained undiscovered because they had not been properly catalogued, were handed over to […]
East Antrim MLA Stewart Dickson has hailed the green light being given for a major road improvement scheme for an important commuter route. The Alliance representative was speaking after the Department for Regional Development announced a £170,000 project for Eden, which is due to begin on August 3. The resurfacing of the A2 Larne Road […]
Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir has welcomed news an historic gate lodge is to be saved from potential destruction. Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy announced in response to an Alliance Assembly question that Craigowen Lodge, located on the main Belfast to Bangor road close to the Seahill Road junction, would be given to Hearth Housing Association […]
Alliance MLA and deputy Chair of the Assembly Group on Animal Welfare Chris Lyttle has called on the First and deputy First Ministers to bring the issue of fox hunting to the Assembly to allow local representatives a debate on the topic. The British Government attempted to relax hunting laws in England and Wales last […]
Alliance Councillor John Blair has expressed his sadness at the shock death of a Newtownabbey man in ibiza. Alan Drennan from Glengormley passed away on Sunday (July 19) while holidaying on the Spanish island. The cause of the 21-year-old’s death is not yet known. Newtownabbey Councillor Mr Blair said: “The death of someone so young […]
Alliance’s Justice Spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said the appearance of dozens of masked people marching through Londonderry adds a further sinister edge to events linked to the funeral of Peggy O’Hara. The march came just days after masked men fired a volley of shots over the coffin of Mrs O’Hara, mother of INLA hunger […]
Alliance MLA Anna Lo has hit out at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) for “not honouring promises” made about funding to ethnic minority groups. The South Belfast MLA said several organisations were now facing the “very real prospect” of staff redundancies and even folding in the wake of funding […]