As the Ulster Unionist Party continues on its slow motion implosion, some people are asking the question whether Alliance can or should now move to fill their presumed void on the political spectrum and to become a home for disaffected moderate Ulster Unionists. Alliance is a party that seeks to represent the entire community in […]
Alliance Culture spokesperson Anna Lo MLA has said the lack of a venue for the opening ceremony of the World Police and Fire Games has created uncertainty. Her comments follow the news that Ravenhill rugby ground will be unavailable due to redevelopment work. The games will take place this summer which were awarded to Northern […]
Community relations issues for too long have been placed on the margins of the political process. Nineteen years on from the ceasefires, and fifteen years since the Good Friday Agreement, there is still no comprehensive and robust strategy in place in Northern Ireland for building a shared future. This is why the Alliance Party have […]
East Belfast Alliance MP, Naomi Long, today voted for the Second Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill at Westminster, which aims to extend civil marriage provisions in England and Wales to same sex couples; however, she opposed the Programme Motion, which sets out the timetable for the next stages of the Bill, as […]
Alliance Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said that the internet has many positive aspects but we shouldn’t allow it to be a place where its users face abuse or other dangers. His comments were made during a debate in the Assembly on the regulation of social networking websites. Stewart Dickson MLA said: “There is […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has endorsed Safer Internet Day 2013 which falls today, Tuesday Feb 5th 2013. There are two motions before the Assembly on internet safety. The first is a cross party motion calling for OFDMFM to publish a cross departmental internet safety strategy and the other is from Sinn Fein about […]
Alliance Justice spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said the failure to agree for Northern Ireland to sign up to the UK wide National Crime Agency will make it harder for our police to deal with organised crime. The SDLP and Sinn Fein have blocked plans for the Assembly to pass a Legislative Consent Motion which […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Judith Cochrane has proposed a motion in the Assembly calling on the Ministers for Education and Regional Development to conduct a feasibility study into providing free public transport for all school pupils. Motion: Feasibility of Free Transport for all Pupils ‘That this Assembly recognises the wide-ranging benefits associated with using public […]
Alliance Castlereagh Councillor Geraldine Rice has condemned those responsible for a pipe bomb that was found near flats on Doon Park in Castlereagh. A number of homes were evacuated. Cllr Geraldine Rice said: “Lives were put at risk by whoever is responsible for this pipe bomb. Anybody passing close by could have been severely injured […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has congratulated all those who took part in a rally to save paediatric cardiac surgery services in Northern Ireland. The rally, which Kieran took part in, started at the Royal Hospital and finished at the offices of the Public Health Agency. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “I would like to […]