Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Billy Webb has been selected to be the party’s candidate in the forthcoming Assembly elections in North Belfast Billy Webb said: “It is a genuine privilege to have been selected to run in the Assembly elections in North Belfast. I am strongly committed to this area and have campaigned on local issues […]
Alliance Belfast Councillor Laura McNamee has expressed her shock at a robbery of a newsagents on the Upper Newtownards Road on Wednesday afternoon. A shop assistant was threatened at knifepoint before the robber made off with a sum of money. Cllr Laura McNamee said: “I am shocked that this shop was robbed in broad daylight […]
On the day that the Finance and Enterprise Ministers are giving evidence to an inquiry into the reduction of corporation tax by the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee at Westminster, Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long MP said that following poor private sector growth figures released earlier this week, Northern Ireland needs the positive stimulus for the […]
North Down councillor, Stephen Farry MLA, has announced his intention not to contest the next Local Government Election in 2011. He has cited his desire to give new faces the opportunity to serve the community. Stephen was first elected to Council in 1993. He has served both as Mayor and Deputy Mayor. Elected to the […]
Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has been selected to stand in the forthcoming Assembly election in Lagan Valley and he has voiced his pride at being given the chance to seek to represent the people of Lagan Valley again. Trevor Lunn said “I am very proud to have been selected by Alliance to stand once again […]
Following the publication of an Ernst and Young report predicting that Northern Ireland will be out of recession within a year, Alliance Environment Spokesperson Chris Lyttle MLA has issued a called to the Executive to create a Green New Deal here to help realise the potential of this sector. Chris Lyttle MLA said: “It is […]
North Down Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir is holding a Public Meeting to Save our Reservoirs after discovering that NI Water are considering fast tracking sale of Reservoirs in the North Down area. It is hoped that local people will form a Campaign Committee to fight NI Water’s plans to sell the Reservoirs. Representatives from a […]
Responding to news that Minister Edwin Poots will not be involved any further in the John Lewis planning application process Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn said that it did not matter. He said that the only thing that matters is that progress is made Trevor Lunn MLA said: “Whether the Minister is involved or […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has blasted the SDLP’s Declan O’Loan for comments he made regarding the Presbyterian Mutual Society deal saying they were hurtful for PMS savers. His comments came in a press release on 31 October titled ‘O’Loan: Concern over proposed solution for PMS savers’, which can be seen on the SDLP […]
Belfast Alliance Councillor Tom Ekin has said that awareness-raising on EU funding is very important for Councillors and council officers around Northern Ireland and he said he is pleased that NILGA has taken the initiative to raise awareness and that they recently held a conference on the issue. Balmoral Councillor Tom Ekin said: “It is […]