Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long has blasted the Ulster Unionist’s pact with the TUV. Naomi Long MLA said: “This move shows the complete rudderless ship that the Ulster Unionists are under the leadership of Sir Reg Empey. Last week, they were trying to paint themselves as a progressive force in politics with their Tory link-up, […]
Alliance South Antrim MLA David Ford has condemned the petrol bomb and paint attack on a house in Clare Heights of Ballyclare in the early hours of Tuesday morning. A man was injured in the attack. David Ford MLA said: “This attack is a sickening reminder of a past that Northern Ireland is trying to […]
Alliance Party MLA, Stephen Farry, has responded to the announcement that the UUP is to form a voting pact with Jim Allister’s extremist TUV for next year’s European Election by accusing of the UUP of cynical and unprincipled politics. Dr Stephen Farry stated: “This deal with extremists is a cynical and unprincipled move on the […]
After speculation in recent days about health cuts, Alliance Chair Michael Long stated that to stop the number of nurses from being reduced, the Stormont Executive needs to save money that is wasted on segregation. Castlereagh Councillor Michael Long said: “There absolutely is no need to reduce the number of nurses in Northern Ireland. To […]
Strangford Alliance MLA Kieran McCarthy said: “I support the teachers and would call on the education board to resolve this matter as quickly as possible. “It is unacceptable to force teachers to teach a pupil who they say assaulted one of their colleagues. “The South Eastern Education Board should have dealt with this issue a […]
Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has today met the Chair of the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group to forward his plans for helping alleviate fuel poverty among older people. Mr Lunn organised the meeting to discuss his proposal that a fund should be set up to allocate money from those who are given a winter fuel payment, […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has announced that his party is putting the issue of an investigation into the Omagh Bomb on the Assembly agenda next week. The motion will be debated in the Assembly on Tuesday 14 October at 3.15pm. David Ford said: “The people of Omagh have a right to know the full facts […]
Police are treating an attack in which two men were beaten with an iron bar in their East Belfast home as a hate crime, and local MLA Naomi Long has expressed disgust at the motive for this attack. Two men were attacked in their home in the Parklands complex on Wednesday evening at 8pm. Naomi […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has laid the blame for the cuts to 700 nursing jobs on Peter Robinson’s budget. The 700 nursing jobs under threat are part of 2,500 jobs that are set to be axed as Michael McGimpsey adheres to his target of a 3% efficiency saving. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “The […]
East Belfast Alliance MLA Naomi Long has condemned an attack on Wednesday night in which two men were assaulted with iron bars in their house in the Parklands Complex. Naomi Long MLA said: “This was a brutal attack. The incident was made all the more traumatic because the men were attacked in their own home […]