Alliance Health spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has said a lot of questions remain unanswered following the publication of the interim report by the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority in the pseudomonas outbreak at the Royal Victoria Hospital and Altnagelvin Hospital. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “This report makes for a disturbing read. If things had been […]

Alliance Party representatives, Castlereagh Councillor Michael Long and Strangford Alliance Chair Kellie Armstrong are to hold a meeting today with the Consumer Council to raise their concerns about the use of local pricing policies by petrol retailers which has the effect of pushing up petrol prices in some areas. They want an end to the […]

Alliance Coleraine Councillor Yvonne Boyle has expressed her shock after a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Cypress Drive in Coleraine on Tuesday night. Three women were in the house at the time but were unhurt. Cllr Yvonne Boyle said: “I am shocked that the lives of these women were put at risk. […]

Newcastle Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed the commencement of repair works to a listed derelict building along Main Street Dundrum. Earlier in February the Department of the Environment (DOE) served an Urgent Works Notice (UWN) on the owner of 119 – 121 Main Street, Dundrum. The Urgent Works Notice was served on 14th February […]

Alliance MLA Anna Lo has welcomed the extension of the Minority Ethnic Development Fund but has criticised the fact that funding had ended on the 31st March and that this delay in the extension had left some organisations in a difficult position. Anna Lo MLA said: “Whilst I welcome the announcement of a further 6 […]

Alliance Lisburn Councillor Stephen Martin has expressed his condolences to the friends and family of an elderly woman who died in a house fire on Maralin Avenue on Tuesday morning. Councillor Stephen Martin stated: “At this time, I want to express my sympathies to the family, friends and neighbours of the lady who has passed […]

Alliance North Belfast representative Cllr Billy Webb has expressed his shock after a man and a young woman were injured in a shooting in Evelyn Gardens in North Belfast on Tuesday morning. Cllr Billy Webb said: “I am shocked by this shooting. It was a vicious and callous attack on two people in a residential […]

Holywood Alliance Councillor Larry Thompson has welcomed news from the Minister for the Environment that a formal warning letter has been sent to owners of 1 Stewart’s Place, Holywood outlining work that must be taken to safeguard the listed building. News was received from the Environment Minister in response to an Assembly Question from Alliance […]

Newcastle Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke is encouraging people who are presently receiving television analogue reception from the television transmitter at Drinahilly Mountain in Newcastle to get ready for the digital switchover. At present over 4,400 homes presently receive television analogue reception from the Newcastle transmitter which is due to be stitched off on the 10th […]

Holywood Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir has expressed his dismay after learning that the Education Minister has decided to close Redburn Primary School at the end of June 2012. Cllr Muir stated: “I am extremely disappointed that the Minister has decided to close the school which will shut its doors at the end of the June […]