Alliance Lisburn South representative Stephen Martin addressed the recent Alliance Party Conference on the issue of shared future. Stephen Martin, who is also the Party’s Policy Convenor, proposed a motion calling on the Office of First Minister & Deputy First Minister to provide a substantial re-draft of the Draft Programme for Cohesion, Sharing and Integration. […]
Alliance Employment and Learning Spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has called for the Minister to provide clarity over the future of EMA. It is going to be abolished in England and Wales, he said that people need to be made aware of the full implications of any changes to EMA. East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle said: […]
Alliance North Belfast representative Cllr Billy Webb has stated that those behind a suspected large device found in the Antrim Road area of Belfast will not achieve anything. The alert began on Tuesday afternoon after a phone warning was made. Over 100 people in the area have been evacuated from their home since the alert […]
North Down Alliance MLA Stephen Farry and North Down Constituency representative Cllr Anne Wilson welcomed Fine Gael Leader, Enda Kenny, to the Alliance Party Conference in Dunadry Co. Antrim on Saturday. Deputy Kenny is widely tipped to become the new Irish Taoiseach after the forthcoming election to Dail Eireann. Stephen Farry and Anne Wilson both […]
North Down Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir is calling upon NI Water to halt their plans to sell Reservoirs across North Down. The Alliance representative recently organised a Public Meeting in Bangor concerning the proposed sale of the Reservoirs which was attended by over one hundred people. Cllr Andrew Muir stated: “Last Thursday over one hundred […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long MP and her East Belfast colleague Cllr Judith Cochrane have this morning held a meeting with the interim Chief of NI Water. They discussed ways of improving communication and the need for more long-term budgeting to enable coherent planning on improving water infrastructure. East Belfast Alliance MP Naomi Long said: […]
Antrim Alliance Councillors Neil Kelly and Alan Lawther have expressed concern at the fish kill which occurred in the Sixmile River between Ballynure and Ballyclare. This follows two previous incidents which occurred in 2006 and again in 2008 which resulted in hundreds of dead fish in the castle grounds area of the river in Antrim […]
Responding to shooting at a house on the Ballymaconell Road in Bangor on Saturday evening, North Down Alliance MLA Stephen Farry stated: “This was an utterly reckless act which could have killed an innocent woman or child. “This is a normally quiet residential area without any history of violence. Given the time of day there […]
It is an old adage that a week is a long time in politics. Well, it’s fair to say that it feels like a life-time ago that I last stood in front of conference, part-way through a term as Lord Mayor of Belfast and ahead of the Westminster election campaign. And what a year it […]
The Alliance Party Annual Conference will be held at the Dunadry hotel, near Antrim, on Saturday 22nd January 2011. The conference begins at 10:00 with Naomi Long’s speech at 11:30 and David Ford making his Leader’s speech at noon. Everybody is welcome to attend. 41st Alliance Annual Conference Saturday, 22nd January 2011, Dunadry Hotel Agenda […]