Alliance Justice Spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has said that SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell must clarify the actions of the eight Councillors who failed to attend a meeting of Newry and Mourne Council where it was decided that a play park would continue to be named after a convicted IRA terrorist. The News Letter reported allegations […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA, Anna Lo, has welcomed information that OFMDFM will fund £1.1million for the Minority Ethnic Development Fund for the 2015/16 financial year; however she expressed her concern at the delay in finalising the details. The current funding stream is due to end on 31st March, but how the next round of the […]
Alliance Policing Board member, Trevor Lunn MLA, has condemned those behind an explosion that occurred in Crossmaglen on Wednesday afternoon in which a man was injured. It is believed that a device exploded when the victim attempted to take down a poster which it was attached to. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “Anybody could have seriously […]
Alliance South Antrim candidate, Councillor Neil Kelly, has pledged that he would not take any other job if he is elected in May. His comments were made following controversy surrounding two former Home Secretaries who were caught by undercover reporters indicating that they would be willing to provide access for a fictitious Chinese company in […]
Alliance MP Naomi Long has welcomed Prime Minister David Cameron’s backing that teacher training in Northern Ireland should be desegregated in order to help tackle the cost of division here. East Belfast MP Mrs Long, speaking during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons today (Wednesday), revealed the stark figure that it costs 40 […]
Alliance Social Development Spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has said that the deal reached in the Stormont Castle and Stormont House Agreements will put a stop the large fines that Northern Ireland has been paying to Westminster for the failure to implement the legislation. Speaking during the Further Consideration Stage of the bill in the Assembly […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA, Judith Cochrane, has urged road users to be vigilant after a teenager was injured in a road accident on the Upper Newtownards Road in East Belfast on Tuesday morning. Judith Cochrane MLA, who was at the scene a few minutes after the accident happened, said: “My thoughts go out to the […]
Alliance Environment spokesperson, Anna Lo MLA, has accused the DUP of hypocrisy for putting down a petition of concern to block a vote on a Local Government Regulation just days after they voiced their anger at Sinn Fein for submitting a petition of concern to Paul Givan’s so called conscience clause. The regulations would require […]
North Down Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir has urged anyone with even the smallest amount of information concerning the disappearance of Lisa Dorrian to contact the Police. Lisa Dorrian disappeared 10 years ago from a caravan site in Ballyhalbert in February 2005. Commenting on the recent appeal for information from the Police, Councillor Muir said: “The […]
Alliance North Belfast representative, Jason O’Neill, has condemned those behind an attack on a memorial to three soldiers who were murdered by the IRA on the Ligoniel Road in North Belfast. Paint was thrown on the memorial on Sunday afternoon. It has been attacked over twenty times in recent months. Jason O’Neill said: “I am […]