Alliance Enterprise Spokesperson Seán Neeson MLA has welcomed the announcement of up to 400 new jobs which will come at New York Stock Exchange service centre due to be located mainly in Belfast City Centre. Seán Neeson MLA said: “This is a very significant and lucrative development. To have something connected with one of the […]
Alliance Employment and Learning Spokesperson Anna Lo MLA has congratulated Queen’s University on winning an award for being ‘Entrepreneurial University of the Year’. They won the accolade at the Times Higher Education Awards and Anna Lo said that it shows that the university is one of the leading institutions in the UK. South Belfast Alliance […]
Alliance East Belfast MLA Naomi Long has condemned those who left a bomb near a car in Kingsdale Park, Belfast, which exploded at around 7am this morning causing minor injury to a woman in the car. Naomi Long MLA said: “I totally condemn those people who planted this bomb in Kingsdale Park. It is only […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has said that the car bomb in East Belfast is an attack on the whole community. A woman was injured in the explosion at Kingsdale Park at around 7.30am this morning. David Ford said: “I am totally appalled at this despicable incident. Make no mistake, this was designed to be an […]
Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed anger at reports that a security alert in Clady could be a 600lb bomb. His comments also come as the police are investigating a number of bomb warnings that a device has been left in the Newtownbutler area. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “To even say I am […]
After an Alliance delegation met with Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness today, Party Leader David Ford has said he is heartened at progress on the justice budget but stressed the urgent need for discussion on the policy programme for the Department. David Ford said: “Progress on devolving policing and justice is steady. The budgetary work […]
“These preparatory talks have been very productive. A framework has been established for talks in the weeks ahead and the difficult process of building consensus on this unfortunately contentious issue has begun. “From today’s discussion it is clear that there are significant areas of agreement between the parties present. “We all share the concerns of […]
Alliance Enterprise spokesperson Sean Neeson MLA has commented on the latest jobless figures by saying that the Executive is still failing to provide radical thought to help boost the local economy. Another 1,100 people became unemployed last month, which means that the total is now 53,800. This figure was however the smallest monthly rise in […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has said plans to create 11 new councils are in danger of creating a cash crisis at the heart of Northern Ireland’s government. He said there must be no ‘rush job’ on local government reform and also stated that the Executive must ensure that the books can be balanced and that […]
Ahead of Wednesday’s 11-plus talks at Stormont, Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said parties should come with a constructive attitude because it could take quite a while to build consensus but only minutes to wreck progress. Just over two weeks David Ford wrote to Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness, Mark Durkan and Sir Reg […]