East Antrim Alliance MLA Stewart Dickson made his maiden speech in the Assembly today saying it is vitally important that the upgrading of the A2 road, which runs between Carrickfergus and Belfast, goes ahead. Stewart Dickson MLA said: “This is a very important route for people in East Antrim and for business in the area. […]

Alliance Leader David Ford has announced Alliance’s new Assembly Spokesperson Team saying Alliance will continue to deliver change in government and right across the Assembly. David Ford said: “We have returned with a larger Assembly team and we have increased the number of Ministers we have in government. “I am very pleased to announce this […]

Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has congratulated Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long on being given the award for the best use of social media by a politician at the Northern Ireland Social Media Awards. David Ford said: “I would like to congratulate her on receiving this award as it recognises the leading role she is […]

Alliance Party Deputy Leader Naomi Long MP is campaigning to assist people who will be worst affected by the government’s plans to equalise the State Pension Age two years earlier than they had previously promised to. The changes that the coalition are proposing to their original plans will mean that the equalisation will happen in […]

Alliance Employment and Learning Spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA and Coleraine Alliance Councillor Yvonne Boyle have welcomed news that a grant of just under £100,000 has been provided by Alzheimer’s Research UK to scientists at University of Ulster in Coleraine to investigate whether a diabetes drug could help treat Alzheimer’s disease. Chris Lyttle MLA said: “Alzheimer’s […]

Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long MP has condemned those behind a bomb which was found in the vicinity of Alliance Party Headquarters in University Street in Belfast. The device was found overnight and a controlled explosion was carried out. Naomi Long MP said: “The bomb found near our Party Headquarters was also adjacent to a […]

Alliance Newtownabbey Mayor Cllr Billy Webb has expressed his outrage at those responsible for two security alerts in Newtownabbey. A suspicious object was found on the Longwood Road and the area around the Antrim Road in Glengormley has been closed off. Cllr Billy Webb said: “The public are completely opposed to those behind these suspicious […]

Alliance Castlereagh Council Group Leader Alderman Geraldine Rice has criticised the DUP and UUP for denying the Alliance Party the Deputy Mayor position and instead giving it to the UUP who have half the number of seats on the Council as Alliance has. Ald Geraldine Rice said: “This was a nasty political carve up, aimed […]

DUP create smokescreen to hide their embarrassment at Belfast City CouncilFollowing the appointment of Sinn Fein’s Niall Ó Donnghaile as the new Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alliance Group Leader on the council, Cllr Máire Hendron, has accused the DUP of trying to create a smokescreen to deflect people’s attention away from the fact that they […]

Ahead of the AGM of Castlereagh Borough Council today, Alliance Councillor Michael Long has called for all parties to work together to help deliver for everyone in the area and help ensure good relations. Cllr Michael Long said: “Today will be the test of how committed the DUP are to a shared future with the […]