Alliance Justice spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has condemned those responsible for a pipe bomb which exploded outside a house on Patrician Park in Newry on Wednesday night at 9:20pm. No-one was hurt but damage was caused to a house and car. Stewart Dickson MLA said: “Somebody could have been killed in this attack. “The people […]
Alliance Education spokesperson Trevor Lunn has welcomed news that no school is set to lose money over planned changes to the education budget in the coming financial year. Mr Lunn was speaking after the Education Minister updated the Education committee on Wednesday morning, after concerns had been raised over how the Minister planned to increase […]
Alliance Health spokesperson, Kieran McCarthy MLA, has expressed his shock after it was claimed that five patients may have died at the Royal Victoria Hospital partly due to a shortage of doctors. The claim was made by Dr Tony Stevens, the medical director of the Belfast Health Trust which runs the hospital. Kieran McCarthy MLA […]
Alliance Social Development spokesperson, Stewart Dickson MLA, has said that the SDLP and Sinn Fein must end their political grandstanding over the introduction of welfare reform legislation. Northern Ireland will be fined £5million a month for the failure to implement the Bill, however the Finance Minister has claimed that in the long term the cost […]
From our inception, Alliance’s focus has been building a shared and integrated future. Our test for the Haass Talks was whether proposals would move us closer to that goal. The ambition of the public for the talks was clear: they aspired to a comprehensive agreement that would shift political engagement on all three difficult issues […]
Alliance OFMDFM spokesperson, Chris Lyttle MLA, has given his support for the Safer Internet Day campaign which will take place on Tuesday 11th February. His comments were made ahead of an Assembly debate on this issue. Chris Lyttle MLA said: “I am very pleased to support the Safer Internet Day campaign. As young people spend […]
Alliance Health spokesperson, Kieran McCarthy MLA, has called on the Health Minister to extend a ban on smoking in cars with children to Northern Ireland. His comments follow a vote in the House of Commons to empower the Government to introduce a ban in England. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “I would encourage the Health Minister […]
East Belfast MP Naomi Long has welcomed a contract for Bombardier for three of its new CSeries aircraft which could be worth $230 million. The company’s East Belfast factory will be the site for the design and manufacture of the wings for the CSeries aircraft. It is believed the firm has also received commitments from […]
Alliance Councillor Michael Bower has condemned a gun attack in Bangor which left two men seriously injured. One man was shot three times in the chest and the other in the leg during the incident at the junction of East Way and Whitehill Drive in the Whitehill estate, early on Monday morning. Councillor Michael Bower […]
Alliance Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has condemned those behind an aggravated burglary which took place in a house on Kilgreel Road in Antrim on Saturday morning. Two masked men broke into the house and attacked one occupant with a metal bar. Another occupant was unhurt during the incident. Cllr Neil Kelly said: “The people responsible […]