Chair of Newtownabbey District Policing Partnership Cllr Tom Campbell has expressed shock and concern at news that a man has gone missing at a landfill site in Mallusk. David Leyland, 23, who is missing works at the Biffa Waste site in County Antrim. Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell said: “This is very worrying. I am […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has underlined his annoyance at news that some hospitals still do not meet adequate hygiene standards and said that the Minister Michael McGimpsey must take responsibility and rectify the situation immediately. His comments come as the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority called for a ‘culture change’ on hospital hygiene. […]
Alliance Youth Chair Stephen Martin has extended his congratulations to all students receiving their GCSE results today. Stephen Martin said: “Today marks the end of an era for thousands of young people and the beginning of a new world of opportunities as people take up employment, embark on the next stage of their academic studies […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has welcomed the action taken by the Northern Trust in response to the two maternal deaths in Antrim Hospital. David Ford said: “Nothing can lessen the personal tragedy experienced by the two families who lost loved ones in these incidents. Their losses are made worse by the fact that in one […]
Alliance Social Development spokesperson Anna Lo MLA has criticised a statement from Sinn Fein’s Chief Whip Caral Ni Chuilin who described an initiative to support community relations in mixed housing as “empty rhetoric”. She said that Sinn Fein have shown their true colours and have little intention of ending the segregation that bolsters tribalism and […]
Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has blasted the Stormont Executive for their two fundamental failures which led to the poor response from the authorities on tackling last weekend’s floods. The Executive promised to create a single flood helpline after last June’s flooding and failed to do so, and they refused to create an independent […]
Alliance Party Enniskillen by-election candidate Dr Kumar Kamble is today submitting his nomination papers at the Townhall in Enniskillen. He stated that Enniskillen needs a new voice that will represent everyone, not just one side or the other. He also said that people are sick of the failures of the Executive to meet in the […]
Alliance Social Development spokesperson Anna Lo MLA has welcomed the news that £1 million fund will be provided for grants to community groups in mixed neighbourhoods to promote community relations. The Housing Executive will manage the Shared Neighbourhood Programme, which has already helped five areas and it is hoped will help another twenty five areas. […]
Castlereagh Alliance Councillor Michael Long has called for immediate action to tackle flooding problems at Willowbrook and Woodstock flats in the Cregagh area which have been flooded again following previous severe flooding last year. Cllr Long, who has had several meetings with the Housing Executive over the past year asking for work to be undertaken, […]
Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell has criticised the response of some statutory agencies to the weekend severe flooding describing it as “completely inadequate and unacceptable”. Cllr Campbell said: “For many the misery of flooding was added to by the lack of response from the government departments. With increasingly poor and wet weather ongoing over the […]