On Tuesday, the Northern Ireland Assembly is set to debate an Alliance Party motion calling upon Executive to address the estimated £1billion+ annual cost of managing a divided society within its current and future spending plans. This motion comes at a time when the Executive is under increased pressure to find savings in the wake […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has expressed anger at the withdrawal of funding for the Road Safety Council and following complaints by the Newtownabbey Road Safety Committee he brought the issue to the Stormont Environment Committee. David Ford said: “I am horrified that whilst the Department of the Environment is apparently reviewing its roads safety strategy, […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has hosted the launch for the George Best Community Cup at Stormont. Teams from around the UK and Ireland will take part in this youth tournament and it will also include workshops on community relations and wellbeing. Trevor Lunn said: “Sport can be a uniting force for good and […]
South Antrim Alliance MLA David Ford has congratulated Antrim Post Office on being awarded a prize for being the best Crown Post Office in Northern Ireland. David Ford MLA said: “I am very pleased that Antrim Post Office has been awarded a prize for being the best Crown Post Office in Northern Ireland. “They provide […]
Local Alliance Belfast Councillor Maire Hendron has condemned the petrol bomb attack on a house in the Templemore Avenue area of east Belfast at 04:00am on Friday. A 42 year old women was in the house at the time but was uninjured. The Fire Service were able to put out the fire before it caused […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has said he is angry at Sammy Wilson’s comment in the Assembly on Tuesday in which referred to Alzheimer’s disease. Kieran stated: “I am angry at what was said by Sammy Wilson in the Assembly on Tuesday. I thought his remark was deeply tasteless. He may have felt it […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has welcomed the announcement that telecoms company Magdalene will be creating 50 jobs with the opening of a development centre in south Belfast. Magdalene and Eircom, who recently announced the creation of 30 jobs themselves in the area, have been awarded contracts to upgrade NI Water’s internal network. Anna […]
Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has called for the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to ensure that those who pollute rivers are brought to justice. He is raising the issue in a question to the Environment Minister on Tuesday 5 May and he plans to make reference specifically to recent contamination incidents at Sixmilewater in his […]
Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has hit out at the fact that children from a GAA club who were packing bags at Tesco in Antrim were told to remove their GAA shirts and replace them with a plain ones following complaints. David Ford said: “It is deeply frustrating that a few people showed their pettiness […]
Alliance Party Finance Spokesperson Stephen Farry MLA has criticised the news that the Minister of Regional Development and the Executive are set to further delay water charges without first working out for the costs of such a move being funded, and the Budget for 2011/12 not yet agreed. Stephen Farry MLA stated: “Deferring water charges […]