Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke has called on DARD to intervene and help Farmers across Northern Ireland badly affected by recent adverse weather conditions. The South Down Councillor was speaking after weekend reports rural communities had been cut off and farm animals had died due to snow, flooding, fallen trees and power cuts. The Newcastle Councillor […]
Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir has been elected the Party’s new Chair at its AGM in Newtownards today. The North Down Councillor said he was ‘privileged and proud’ to be taking on the role at a time when the Alliance Party was showing real leadership in building a new Northern Ireland for everyone. Speaking after his […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has condemned a car hijacking that took place on Windsor Avenue in Belfast in the early hours of Friday morning. Two men, one armed with a knife threatened the driver of a Volkswagon Golf and forced him to hand over the keys. Anna was the victim of an attempted […]
Alliance MP Naomi Long has said today’s Budget “offers very little” that is new, adding that once again financial issues facing people in Northern Ireland were largely ignored. Although East Belfast MP Mrs Long offered a welcome for the scrapping of fuel duty, she said nothing Chancellor George Osborne did suggested the Government had a […]
Alliance Party Newcastle Area Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed the news that the legendary Red Arrows will be flying across the skies above Newcastle again this summer. Down District Council has announced the RAF display team will be taking part in the Festival of Flight on Saturday, August 10 – the third time the Red […]
Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has praised a local IT firm after it announced it was set to grow its workforce by half. East Belfast based Automated Intelligence – which produces business software – has announced it is looking for 10 new employees, only three years after it officially started trading. Chris Lyttle MLA said: “Automated […]
Alliance Councillor Neil Kelly has condemned a spate of attacks in Antrim, which follow a number of serious arson attacks on vehicles in the town over the weekend. On Monday night a shed was set alight in the Meadow area, followed by a car in the Kintraye area and the windscreen of a car in […]
Alliance Education spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has criticised the lack of cross sectoral planning in the Primary School area plans that were published today. While there are a couple of proposals for the sharing of resources between schools from different sectors, there appear to be no proposal for the amalgamation of schools from different sectors. […]
Alliance Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has welcomed a decision by the Justice Minister to rebuild Magilligan Prison in a phased redevelopment at its current site by 2020. There are also plans for a secure college development at Hydebank, a new 360 accommodation cell block at Maghaberry and the re-opening of the Prisoner Assessment Unit […]
Alliance Newtownabbey Councillor John Blair has condemned the vicious assault of two men by a man wielding a baseball bat, on the Carnmoney Road in the early hours of Monday morning. One of the victims is in a critical condition in hospital. Cllr John Blair said: “Many people, in an area where there is a […]