Alliance Group Leader on Belfast City Council Máire Hendron has welcomed news that Sinn Féin is set to support Belfast City Council’s plans to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, saying it is another positive step along the way towards the shared future that Alliance has worked so hard to deliver. Cllr Máire Hendron said: “This […]
ATTACHED PHOTO OF NAOMI LONG MP AND VERNON COAKER MP PLANTING A TREE ON THE COMBER GREENWAY AS PART OF A SUSTRANS PROJECT East Belfast Alliance MP Naomi Long has taken Shadow Secretary of State Vernon Coaker on a tour around her constituency today, visiting a number of developments including the Comber Greenway, the Belfast […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has said that the very least the victims and survivors of the La Mon bombing deserve is answers about the atrocity. He also said that this matter underlines why we need a comprehensive process agreed by parties to address the legacy of the past. Alliance has consistently called on […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has commended those behind the Belfast Street League that has helped improve the lives of the homeless, ex-offenders, substance abusers, long term unemployed, refugees and asylum seekers through the power of football. The league is supported by the Irish Football Association, Belfast Community Sport Development Network, the East Belfast […]
Newcastle Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke has welcomed the intervention of the Department of the Environment (DOE) which has now served an Urgent Works Notice (UWN) on the owner of 119 – 121 Main Street, Dundrum, a pair of listed buildings on a key tourist route to the Mournes. The pair of conjoined urban vernacular listed […]
Environment Spokesperson for Alliance, Anna Lo MLA, believes that an independent Environmental Protection Agency must be created in Northern Ireland in order to combat pollution and help prevent infraction fines being imposed by the EU. Anna Lo MLA said: “Northern Ireland needs an independent Environmental Protection Agency. In order for legislation to be effective we […]
Foyle Alliance Party Representative Keith McGrellis has expressed disgust at the actions of those who threw two petrol bombs at police and firefighters in the Rossville Street area of Londonderry at around 10.30pm last night. He also condemned those who threw a petrol bomb and a paint bomb at the Verbal Arts Centre in the […]
The 2012 Alliance Party Annual Conference will take place on Saturday 21st April 2012 at La Mon Hotel, Castlereagh from 10:00am. For more information, please contact Alliance Party HQ on 028 9032 4274 10.00 – 10.15 Conference Welcome & President’s Address Ald Billy Webb 10.15 – 10.30 Shared Housing in a Shared Future Judith Cochrane, […]
Following the striking of the rate for Castlereagh Council, Alliance Group Leader on Castlereagh Council Geraldine Rice said: “Firstly I would like to thank the entire cross party members of the estimates working group for their diligence in striking a sensible rate. “This was a very challenging year given the external pressures put upon the […]
Newcastle Alliance Councillor Patrick Clarke is urging cancer patients to contact their local GP or surgery to find out if they are eligible to receive a £100 winter fuel payment. Newcastle Councillor Patrick Clarke stated: “I would encourage all those eligible people to apply for this payment and I would also ask anyone who thinks […]