Alliance East Antrim MLA, Stewart Dickson, has welcomed the publication of revised care home standards by the Department of Health. These new standards, first published in 2008, set the levels of quality and care that service providers must achieve, and what residents and families can expect from the sector. Stewart Dickson MLA said: “I note […]
Alliance education spokesperson, Trevor Lunn MLA, has expressed his disappointment that the Assembly did not support an Alliance proposal for an interim measure to allow students from other teacher training institutions to acquire the Certificate in Religious Education that is only available at St Mary’s College. Trevor put forward the proposal in an amendment to […]
I would urge everyone who hasn’t already watched it to see last week’s harrowing revelations by former Kincora resident Richard Kerr about his traumatic experiences in the 1970s. He claims he was hand-picked, alongside two other boys, and trafficked to London, where he was molested by powerful people at the centre of an alleged VIP […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Long has expressed his unhappiness at the ongoing ‘indefinite’ closure of the Robinson Centre in East Belfast. Councillor Long, who alongside his party colleagues successfully led the campaign with staff and users to keep the centre open when it was previously threatened with closure by the DUP’s Peter Robinson in 2003, said […]
Alliance North Belfast Councillor Nuala McAllister has condemned those behind the attack on a Polish man’s house on Mountcollyer Avenue in North Belfast on Friday. The front window of the house was smashed. It follows two similar attacks on the same street in the past week. Cllr Nuala McAllister said: “There is no place for […]
Alliance Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has condemned those who smashed a window at UUP MLA Danny Kinahan’s constituency office overnight. Cllr Neil Kelly said:”Elected representatives should be able to represent their constituents without coming under such attack. I am disgusted by those who carried out this vandalism. “I would like to pass on my support […]
Naomi Long has welcomed an announcement from Labour that Kincora Boys’ Home would be included in the Child Sexual Abuse Inquiry under its government. The statement, from Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Ivan Lewis, means the notorious East Belfast boys’ home would be part of the Home Office inquiry if Labour forms the next Government. Alliance […]
Alliance North Belfast representative, Jason O’Neill, has condemned those behind a paramilitary attack on a man in North Belfast at 22:00 on Thursday. Seven men, armed with baseball bats attacked the man, who sustained a number of broken bones. Jason O’Neill said: “Paramilitaries have no place in our society. They just wish to bring fear […]
Alliance Health spokesperson, Kieran McCarthy MLA, has called on the Health Minister to address the concerns raised by paramedics in a survey by Unison, with 96% claiming they suffered from stress and two thirds saying they had to take time off sick. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “I am very concerned by problems that so many […]
Naomi Long has praised the diverse range of Alliance candidates stepping forward with her to contest the General Election on May 7th. Alliance’s East Belfast Westminster candidate said the fact the party was fielding candidates in all 18 constituencies, including the highest percentage of women among the five main parties, proved yet again only Alliance […]