Alliance Strangford MLA Kieran McCarthy has called for an urgent review of the drink drive limit. His comments follow the Assembly debate that called on the Minister for the Environment to review the current limit. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “Northern Ireland, along with the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain currently has one of the […]
Alliance representatives today met UTV Executives at Stormont and Party Culture Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA called on the organisation not to make cuts which would damage the quality of local news coverage and investigative journalism. The Strangford MLA said: “We had a very productive meeting with UTV but we still have real concerns that elements […]
North Down Alliance MLA and Party Justice Spokesperson, Stephen Farry MLA, has expressed his hope of further progress in locating the remains of ‘the Disappeared’ and has again highlighted the case of his missing constituent, Lisa Dorrian. Dr Stephen Farry stated: “The location of human remains in Co. Wicklow is an encouraging sign. After a […]
North Down Alliance MLA, Stephen Farry, has rejected any notion that the UDA has a role to play in Northern Ireland society, in particular in leading any campaign to defend ‘British Values’. Dr Stephen Farry stated: “It is hard to conceive of a less appropriate organisation than the UDA to campaign on behalf of ‘British […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has branded proposals to close four residential care homes for older people scandalous. He said that the Health Minister should be focusing on providing free personal care for older people, instead of looking to close residential homes. The homes that the Western Trust proposes to close are in Londonderry, […]
North Down Alliance MLA Stephen Farry has said that the expansion and role of integrated education should be a key component of the debate on the scrapping of the 11-plus. His comments come as the Integrated Education Fund launched a campaign to raise £20 million and on the same day that the Assembly debated post-primary […]
Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has been successful in his bid to put the Review of Environmental Governance on the Assembly agenda. His motion, which will be debated tomorrow, hits out at the failure of Sammy Wilson and his predecessor, Arlene Foster, to implement the Review’s findings and their failure to create an independent Environmental […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has said the fact that the Twinbrook community have set up a watch group to observe the High School shows the strength of feeling locally against hoax alerts that have taken place. There have been eight hoax bomb alerts on the school in recent weeks. Trevor Lunn MLA stated: […]
Fermanagh and South Tyrone Alliance Representative Dr Kumar Kamble has condemned an attack on a County Tyrone GAA club. Police are treating the Saturday morning blaze at Edendork GAA club as suspicious and it was the second attack on a GAA club over the weekend. Dr Kumar Kamble said: “This appears to be yet another […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has demanded that the Stormont Executive ensure Lisburn faces no further delays over decisions on the John Lewis store plans and Maze stadium proposals. He said that the Executive has failed to meet timetables on so many issues that he has no faith in them acting quickly. His comments […]