Naomi Long, MP for East Belfast, has backed the launch of a national campaign calling for children in care to be given better financial support as they leave the care system. The On Our Own Two Feet campaign, led by children’s charities Action for Children and Barnardo’s, is calling for savings accounts to be set […]
Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA and South Belfast MLA Anna Lo have said they are very pleased that contracts that will deliver building work which will provide new and improved facilities at both Tor Bank school and Lagan College have been signed. Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA said: “This is very welcome and […]
East Belfast Alliance MP Naomi Long and local Councillor Judith Cochrane have welcomed the announcement of school building projects at Lagan College and Tor Bank School. A £31m contract has been signed for new and upgraded buildings at the schools. Naomi Long MP said: “This is very good news for both schools. Tor Bank has […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has expressed disappointment at the unwarranted attack on the Historical Enquiries Team by UUP MLA Basil McCrea and his assertion that there is an imbalance in the HET’s work. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “I doubt if Mr McCrea is speaking on behalf of the unionist population when he warns […]
East Belfast Alliance Councillor Laura McNamee is campaigning for Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy to consider upgrading DRD infrastructure within unadopted alleyways as part of an overall upgrade to our antiquated water and sewerage system. Cllr Laura McNamee said: “I know that times are tight; however, as part of the much needed upgrade of our […]
Alliance Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy has condemned a sexual assault on a woman in Newtownards on Sunday night. The attack happened on Upper Greenwall Street, police are looking for a man in his twenties with dark hair. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “This was a shocking crime carried out by a despicable individual. “My thoughts are […]
David McKechnie has been selected to stand for the Alliance Party in the upcoming Local Government Elections in Belfast. He will contest the Belfast Castle ward. David McKechnie said: “More and more people are now supporting the ideas that Alliance promotes. Talk of a Shared Future and shared services between both sides of the community […]
The Alliance Party has selected Charlie McConaghy to contest the Coleraine Bann Ward for the Coleraine Council election. Also standing for Council are Barney Fitzpatrick in Skerries, Yvonne Boyle in Coleraine East and Graham Scobie in Coleraine Central. Charlie McConaghy said: “In the next Council term, the Councillors will have to make decisions that will […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle and Alliance Victoria Councillor Laura McNamee have welcomed the first meeting of a working group established to deliver improved services in the Knocknagoney/Garnerville area of East Belfast. The group has been set up further to a Belfast City Council funded East Belfast Community Development Agency community audit of the […]
Naomi Long MP joined Fairtrade Ambassador and five time Olympic gold medallist, Sir Steve Redgrave, in Parliament in a bid to break the record for the world’s longest bunting. The world record attempt is to mark this year’s Fairtrade Fortnight and to highlight the Fairtrade Foundation’s ‘Great Cotton Stitch-Up’ campaign – a drive to end […]