Lunn: Integrated and Irish Medium sectors will have a voice on education board

Alliance Education spokesperson, Trevor Lunn MLA, has said that he is pleased that the Assembly has passed a cross party amendment that will give the integrated and Irish medium education sectors a seat on the new education authority. The vote took place during the Further Consideration Stage of the Education Bill. Trevor Lunn MLA said: […]

Lunn: Why are other parties scared by the promotion of integrated education?

Alliance Education spokesperson, Trevor Lunn MLA, has asked why the DUP, UUP and Sinn Fein are scared by the promotion of integrated education. Mr Lunn was speaking after these parties voted against an Alliance amendment that would have given the new education authority a duty to promote integrated education. The vote took place during the […]

Dickson: Delays over Regeneration Bill is a failure of the Executive

Alliance Social Development spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has criticised the repeated delays over introducing the Housing and Regeneration Bill. He was speaking after the Social Development Minister announced that he would be introducing a revised Regeneration Bill after removing some of the housing provisions that were included in the original legislation. The Bill was meant […]

Lunn: There has never been any justification for paramilitary-style attacks

Alliance Policing Board Member, Trevor Lunn MLA, has responded to a report by Liam Kennedy of Queen’s University regarding the number of paramilitary-style attacks that were carried out between 1990 and 2013 on children. The report entitled ‘They shoot children, don’t they’ found that around 500 children were targeted by republican and loyalist paramilitaries in […]

Kelly disgusted by graffiti on Greystone Church

Alliance Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has condemned those responsible for graffiti which was daubed on the side of Greystone Presbyterian Church. Cllr Neil Kelly said: “I am disgusted by this attack on the Presbyterian Church. There can be no justification for this incident. It is appalling that there are still those who would seek to […]

Lunn: Cross party amendment will give representation to all sectors on education board

Alliance Education spokesperson, Trevor Lunn MLA, has welcomed the cross party agreement over an amendment to the Education Bill that will see all sectors represented on the new single education authority. The amendment, which was signed by Alliance, DUP, UUP, Green and an Independent, will ensure that the Integrated and Irish Medium sectors will have […]

Lunn: Education Minister must act on schools report

Alliance Education spokesperson, Trevor Lunn MLA, has responded to the report by Northern Ireland’s Chief Inspector of Schools, which has found that four in ten pupils leave school without five good GSCEs and that one in three schools could not be evaluated as good. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “While this report has found a slight […]

Long: Talks process must be dramatically improved

Alliance East Belfast MP Naomi Long has said the current talks process must be dramatically restructured if there is to be any chance of success. Mrs Long was speaking after the latest round of talks took place today (Thursday), saying the list of unresolved issues was becoming longer with little sign of any progress in […]