Shared and integrated education provides solutions on schools

Proposing an amendment to a motion in the Assembly today, Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said that the Minister should use sharing and integration to deliver genuinely sustainable schools for Northern Ireland. Alliance amended an SDLP motion on rural schools to take account of the need for further sharing and integration within education. […]

Long anger at Cregagh pensioner burglary ordeal

Castlereagh Alliance Councillor Michael Long has expressed revulsion at news that an 83-year-old was held down while their house was robbed by burglars who forced their way in. The incident took place at a house in Sheskin Way in the Cregagh area at around 5.15pm on Saturday. There have a number of incidents involving pensioners […]

Campbell warns people to be vigilant about scams

Newtownabbey Alliance Party Councillor Tom Campbell has warned members of the public to be vigilant to emails seeking to access and remove money from their bank account. Councillor Tom Campbell, a solicitor and former Chairman of Newtownabbey District Policing Partnership, said that he had received an email to his work address seeking information online about […]

Jones disgusted at spate of incidents against pensioners

East Belfast Alliance Councillor Mervyn Jones has expressed anger at those who punched and attempted to rob a woman in her 70s on North Road in the east of the city and those who got into another pensioners home in Oberon Street. The incidents took place around 8pm last night and Saturday afternoon. Cllr Mervyn […]

Farry blasts those playing politics with council boundaries

Alliance Party MLA Stephen Farry has hit out at those parties on the Executive who have been playing politics with the final recommendations of the Local Government Boundary Commission both for breaching a major British parliamentary convention and for jeopardising the ongoing Review of Public Administration. This Boundary Commission report deals with the overall boundaries […]

McCarthy frustrated that NI music body has folded

Alliance Culture, Arts and Leisure spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed annoyance that the Northern Ireland Music Industry Commission has folded saying assistance is important to ensure musicians in the region can reach their potential. The organisation was set up in 2001 to showcase talent and further develop business skills in the sector, and it […]