Alliance has voted against Sinn Fein and the SDLP’s attempt to permanently remove the union flag from Belfast City Hall. Group Leader Maire Hendron said the Alliance Party would never support Sinn Fein and the SDLP in permanently removing the flag. At a meeting of the Council’s Policy and Resources Committee today, a Sinn Fein […]
Alliance East Belfast MP Naomi Long and MLAs Judith Cochrane and Chris Lyttle have welcomed the official opening of the Skainos project on the Newtownards Road in East Belfast. They have said that it will be a focal point for East Belfast and will provide job opportunities and shared space for community development. Judith Cochrane […]
Alliance East Belfast MP Naomi Long has congratulated local firm Hardscape who have been awarded the€479K contract to provide paving solutions and other features in the new work at Limerick City Quay. Naomi opened their new office in Belfast earlier this year. Naomi Long MP said: “I would like to congratulate Glen Bradley and all […]
Alliance Regional Development spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has welcomed news that the Executive has given approval for the Belfast Rapid Transit plans to go to the design and implementation stage. Stewart Dickson MLA said: “Belfast is in need of a large scale investment in public transport and, in particular, a form of rapid transit found […]
Alliance Ballymena Councillor Jayne Dunlop has said that the extra 54 workers who will be made redundant at Patton Construction firm will be a further devastating blow the local area. 190 jobs have already been lost at the firm earlier this month. Cllr Jayne Dunlop said: “These further job losses will be another devastating blow […]
An Alliance motion in Castlereagh calling for a feasibility study into sound recording of council meetings has been defeated by Unionists. Councillor Tim Morrow and Councillor Carole Howard brought the motion to Castlereagh Borough Council this week, asking for consideration to be given to the recording of main Council and Committee meetings. The Councillors brought […]
Alliance Youth has unveiled its new Executive Committee and is urging all members under the age of 31 to get involved with the Party’s youth wing. The Party has a history of strong youth politics and the new committee has already started planning how it can best address the needs of young people in Northern […]
East Belfast MP Naomi Long has said the loss of 50 jobs at defence engineering firm Thales in her constituency is deeply regrettable, particularly given the highly specialist nature of their employment. Having spoken with both management and the Minister for Employment and Learning, Mrs Long added that she was reassured all options to find […]
Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has welcomed the launch of Rapid Impact in East and South Belfast. The scheme is supported by the Department of Employment and Learning Steps to Work Programme under Bryson Skills and will be delivered in partnership by Penna Consulting and GEMS. The scheme will initially target 300 people for employability preparation, […]
Alliance Education spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has stated that Peter Robinson’s comments on integrated education would mean more if they were genuine. in the run up to the DUP conference, Robinson said: “that he would have loved to have been able to announce that we were going the whole way on shared education, but unfortunately […]