Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has welcomed news of £60 million funding in health announced by Minister Michael McGimpsey, but said that massive concerns over the closure of residential care homes in the Western Health Trust area remain. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “While I welcome this health funding, there are massive concerns in the […]
Speaking ahead of the launch of the Human Rights Commission’s advice to the Secretary of State regarding the scope of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, Alliance Party Justice and Human Rights Spokesperson, Stephen Farry, has stressed the importance of the process having cross-community support. The North Down MLA stated: “This will be a […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has again called on the Stormont Executive to make an announcement on the Maze stadium issue immediately. He said that all the speculation in recent weeks and the vacuum created by the Executive stalemate is harming Lisburn, because there is no clarity as to what will be happening with […]
Alliance Culture spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has called on the Culture Minister Gregory Campbell to do more on sign language as part of any future language policy, and he said that the debate should not be allowed to turn into a political football. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “All we ever hear from nationalist and unionist […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has expressed shock at news of two separate burglaries which left three Lisburn pensioners shaken. The incidents took place in Drumbeg Court and Kilwarlin Court in the city, just after midnight on Sunday morning. Trevor Lunn MLA stated: “These burglaries have shocked the whole community in Lisburn. I am […]
North Down Alliance MLA, Stephen Farry, has challenged the David Cameron and the Conservative Party to come clean on the implications of their linkage through the Ulster Unionists to Jim Allister’s Traditional Unionist Voice. He has warned the Conservatives against turning the European Election into a sectarian headcount. Speaking after David Cameron’s address to the […]
To mark International Carers Day today, South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo held a constituency surgery for carers, and hailed the event as a great success. The session took place at her constituency office and she was joined on the day by a representative from Carers Northern Ireland. Anna Lo said: “Our carers’ surgery was […]
Alliance Enterprise spokesperson Sean Neeson MLA has welcomed the Douglas McIldoon report and the prospect of a reduction in the electricity prices but warns that there must be reforms to the electricity market. His comments follow the news from the utility regulator Iain Osbourne that a price drop in electricity prices might be announced before […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has said that the UUP dinosaur has nothing to offer the Tories, and also stated that Conservatives would be embarrassed at the UUP’s deal with the TUV. His comments come before Conservative Leader David Cameron is due to address the Ulster Unionists conference. David Ford MLA stated: “The Ulster Unionist dinosaur […]
Belfast Alliance Councillor Maíre Hendron has called on the Stormont Executive to do more to support the Citizens Advice Bureau because it will have very important role in helping people during these difficult economic times. Her call comes as £10 million was provided for the CAB in England and Wales, but no such funding has […]