Alliance Regional Development Spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA called on the Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy to outline the contingency plans put in place in relation to water supplies and road and pavement gritting to be used if we see conditions similar to last winter. Stewart Dickson MLA said: “This is an issue of massive public […]
Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said that the DUP have shown they are not actually serious about delivering integrated education for Northern Ireland due to their failure to show support for Employment and Learning Minister Stephen Farry’s strategy to deliver a shared and integrated teacher training system which he announced in the Assembly […]
Alliance Employment and Learning Spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has welcomed Minister Stephen Farry’s statement in the Assembly on teacher training and said it is crucial that we deliver shared services to make the most of our public money and to build a shared future. Chris Lyttle MLA said: “This is a welcome statement that outlines […]
Alliance Mayor of Newtownabbey Cllr Billy Webb has expressed his disgust at the men who tied up and robbed an elderly brother and sister in their home on Saturday night in Abbeyville Gardens before robbing them of their pension and winter fuel poverty money. Colin Bell who is 72 and his sister Eileen, who is […]
Alliance Enterprise spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has backed the Consumer Council call for DCC Energy Ltd to pay any bank charges caused when it mistakenly charged customers double the amount they should have. Maxol have already said that they will refund its customers the amount that they mistakenly charged. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “I was […]
Alliance Chief Whip Stewart Dickson MLA has called on DUP leader Peter Robinson to deliver on his party conference speech on a shared future. Stewart Dickson MLA said: “I am glad that Peter Robinson is signing up to Alliance Party policy on a shared future. But talk is easy, if he really believes in what […]
Alliance Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy has called on road users to be vigilant of others on the road after the death of a motorcyclist who was involved in a collision with another car on the Belfast Road in Saintfield on Friday night. The motorcyclist was 43 year old Dermot Morris. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “I […]
Alliance representatives including South Belfast MLA Anna Lo, East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle and local Councillor Michael Long attended an Open Day at Cregagh Library organised by Libraries NI to help promote the library which is currently facing a reduction in opening hours by a quarter, from 40 to 30 hours per week. As part […]
Alliance Justice Spokesperson Stewart Dickson MLA has said that the visit of the PSNI Gaelic Football team to Croke Park to play a match with An Garda Síochána Gaelic Football team is very symbolic, and said that this is a positive indication of Northern Ireland’s progress towards a shared future. Alliance Leader and Justice Minister […]
Alliance South Antrim MLA David Ford and local Antrim Councillor Neil Kelly has condemned those behind a suspicious device that was discovered in the Bush Manor area of Antrim on Friday morning. A number of homes have been evacuated on the Steeple Road. David Ford MLA said: “I am outraged at those behind this suspicious […]