Alliance Leader David Ford has expressed shock at news of a gun attack at Massereene Barracks in Antrim. It appears that two military personnel were killed in the incident which took place at around 9.40pm this evening. David Ford said: “This is a deeply disturbing and extremely sinister attack. This sickening incident appears to have […]
Alliance Lagan Valley MLA Trevor Lunn has expressed his shock at the attempted car hijacking on Hillhall Road in Lisburn on Wednesday night. A man attempted to get into a woman’s car as she waited for the lights to change. She managed to fend him off before he fled after several people came to her […]
Alliance East Antrim MLA Seán Neeson has condemned the armed robbery of a shop in Carrickfergus on Tuesday night. A man with a handgun forced three members of staff and a customer into a store room in the shop in Hawthorne Grove before making off with a sum of money. Sean Neeson MLA: “The community […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo today hosted an event at Stormont to mark Fairtrade fortnight. Awards were presented at the function to recognise leading Fairtrade retailers. Anna Lo MLA said: “I am very pleased to have been able to host this event to mark Fairtrade fortnight. “The profits from their sales go to those […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has condemned an attack on a house in Rockland Street off the Donegall Road which took place on Monday night. Two windows were smashed and a car outside was damaged while two occupants were in the house. Anna Lo MLA said: “This must have been a terrifying ordeal for […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has expressed strong opposition to plans from the Southern Health Trust to close Skeagh House residential home in Dromore. He attacked the DUP saying it was Peter Robinson’s budget which imposed the 3% efficiency savings, which are leading to cuts in vital frontline health and social care services. Trevor […]
East Antrim Alliance MLA Seán Neeson has welcomed a wind power scheme which could provide 200 construction jobs. Mr Neeson said that this initiative is the type of sustainable project needed to protect our economy and our environment during the downturn. The scheme will use compressed air to create energy and will be based at […]
Derryman Colm Cavanagh was re-elected President of the Alliance Party at their AGM on Saturday 28 February in Newtownabbey. A member of the Foyle Constituency Association since 1998, he is also a member of the Party’s Executive Committee and of its Policy Sub-Committee. His main concerns are economic development and reconciliation – or as he […]
Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Lynn Frazer has praised the efforts of firefighters who brought under control a fire at Eglantine Timber yard on the Glenville Road in the early hours of Monday morning. The fire fighters were able to prevent the fire spreading to the main building. Cllr Lynn Frazer said: “The fire fighters who brought […]
Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has said that the UUP-Tory link up is meaningless and offers local people nothing new. He said that given the track record of the UUP they will most likely embarrass the Tories. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “This arrangement strikes me as being like the story of the emperor’s new […]