Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has expressed his outrage at the armed robbery of Horatio Todd’s bistro on the Upper Newtownards Road in the early hours of Friday morning. Six masked men carrying weapons that included a handgun, a crowbar and a mallet threatened staff before making off with the safe that is though […]
Alliance Lagan Valley MLA Trevor Lunn has welcomed the agreement between Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness to proceed with plans for a EU funded peace building and conflict resolution facility. They have also agreed to establish a development corporation to oversee the redevelopment of the site. Trevor Lunn MLA said: “I am very glad that […]
Alliance MLA Anna Lo has expressed her disgust at those behind a paramilitary style shooting of a young man in West Belfast on Wednesday night. The 18 year old was taken in a car by four masked men from La Salle Drive to Corrib Avenue where he was shot in both legs, his injuries are […]
Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has criticised the DUP and Sinn Fein after they decided that there was no need for a fourth Victims’ Commissioner after Mike Nesbitt stood down in February, saying if three is sufficient now then why were four originally appointed. The Alliance Party tabled amendments to the legislation that only one Victims’ […]
Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said more integrated education places must be created to accommodate demand following news that the two most oversubscribed post-primary schools for entry in September in Northern Ireland are integrated schools. Statistics shown in the Irish News today illustrate that Slemish Integrated in Ballymena and Lagan College in Belfast […]
North Down Alliance Councillor Andrew Muir is claiming that consumers living in East Belfast and Holywood are getting a “raw deal” and is demanding action. The Alliance Councillor checked the price of fuel being sold at Tesco Springhill, Bangor and Tesco Knocknagoney on Friday 23 July 2010 morning and discovered that Unleaded cost 113.9p per […]
Alliance Party MLA, Stephen Farry, has welcomed the decision of the Executive to launch a consultation on the new strategy for Cohesion, Sharing and Integration. He noted the importance and significance of local agreement and ownership of this critical issue, but also acknowledged the weaknesses in the current draft which are now best addressed in […]
Alliance MLA Stephen Farry has welcomed the decision of the Assembly’s OFMDFM Committee to write to the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister in a bid to seek clarification on the future of the Sustainable Development Commission in Northern Ireland. He said the group has an important role to play and we need […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has said that tribal unity and tribal voting pacts have a negative impact because they divert debate away from real issues and focus on the tired arguments of the past. His comments come after Former DUP Leader Ian Paisley said he believed that the creation of a single unionist […]
Following the publication of an independent study carried out for the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action which said that budget cuts could be £1.2bn over the next five years, South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo said we need to stop wasting money on division to protect vital services. Anna Lo MLA said: “The next […]