South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has condemned a firebomb threat against anti-racism campaigner Paddy Meehan and said to threaten someone who was trying to assist Romanian families is despicable. Anna Lo MLA said: “I am appalled that someone who was trying to assist Romanian families has been issued with a threat. This is nothing […]
Alliance Culture Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed disgust that the Strategy for Sport and Physical Recreation in Northern Ireland is being delayed by the Stormont Executive. The issue was discussed in the Assembly’s Culture Arts and Leisure Committee today. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “I am extremely angry that the Sports Strategy has been delayed […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has welcomed Suzanne Breen’s court victory which means she is not compelled to hand over information on the Real IRA to police. David Ford said: “I wish to congratulate Suzanne and welcome the court’s decision. This is a victory for the free press and for journalism as a profession. “There is […]
Alliance Leader David Ford said: “This appears to be a significant development. Progress from loyalist paramilitaries was needed and I hope there can be swift and full decommissioning. “For decades, paramilitary groups from both sides have held communities in their grip of fear. I hope that this move will lead to the end, not simply […]
Alliance East Belfast Councillor Mervyn Jones has condemned the latest attack on a Romanian family. On Wednesday night a window of a Romanian family’s home was smashed on the Upper Newtownards Road in East Belfast. Cllr Jones said: “These attacks must stop now. We must never see these attacks again in Northern Ireland. It is […]
Alliance Party Councillor and former Lord Mayor Tom Ekin has published a briefing stating the case for locating the Residual Waste Treatment plant on the North Foreshore. He stated the site was ideal and of community benefit, and noted that failure to deliver the plant would result in significant cost to the Belfast ratepayer including, […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has said the actions of a few racists should not be allowed to bring shame on Belfast. She said the positive deeds of local people and organisations in assisting the Romanian families who left their homes paints a truer picture of the city. Anna Lo today met some of […]
Alliance Enterprise spokesperson Sean Neeson MLA has stated that the new jobless figures are deeply worrying. New figures show that the number of people without work has increased by 1,900 in May to 48,000. It is the smallest rise in the last seven months but was only slightly down from April’s total of 2,000. Sean […]
Alliance Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy has called on the police to fully investigate the murder of a 26 year old man in Newtownards. The man was found in the Balfour Street area of the town on Tuesday night, a 36 year old man has been arrested in connection with the murder. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: […]
Alliance East Londonderry representative Cllr Barney Fitzpatrick has expressed his shock at the death of an 18 month old baby girl in a house fire in Dungiven on Tuesday night. The family managed to escape the house but the child died later in hospital. Cllr Fitzpatrick said: “This is a big shock to the local […]