Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has stated that the Executive was again unprepared as floods hit Northern Ireland this weekend. He hoped that the Executive would have learnt their lesson from last year’s floods; obviously this was not the case. Opposition MLA Kieran McCarthy said: “Given the extent of the flooding last year one […]
Alliance Eniskillen by-election candidate Dr. Kumar Kamble has condemned the grenade attack on three police officers on Saturday night in Lisnaskea. The officers were treated for severe shock and minor injuries. Dr Kamble said: “The people who carried out this attack were clearly looking to kill members of the police service. They have nothing to […]
Alliance leader David Ford has today announced that Dr Kumar Kamble will be the party’s candidate in the forthcoming by-election in Enniskillen. David Ford said he was pleased to announce such a high profile and well respected local candidate. David Ford said: “I am very pleased to announce that Dr Kumar Kamble will be the […]
Alliance leader David Ford MLA has stated the news that Northern Ireland’s protected areas are not being adequately managed is worrying. Figures just released shows that less than half of Northern Ireland’s protected areas, known as Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs), are not being properly maintained. David Ford MLA said: “This is extremely worrying […]
Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has welcomed the news that 10 million pounds will be invested in the Ramada hotel in south Belfast. The investment will create another 60 jobs which will add to the 117 staff members that the hotel currently employs. Lord Rana, Chief Executive of Andras House which owns the Ramada […]
Alliance Health spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has described the treatment of residents in care homes as horrendous following the revelations by two agency workers of the poor treatment of the elderly at old people’s homes that they worked in. They claimed that staff would sometimes be asleep when they are meant to be on duty […]
Speaking after attending a protest at Ballymacarrett Library on Tuesday, Alliance Assembly Member Cllr Naomi Long said that there was “great uncertainty about the future of Ballymacarret Library” following the publication of the BELBs Library Strategy. Naomi Long “Whilst it is true that the Board has not made any formal decision to close the Library, […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has condemned a landlord that put up a sign at a house for rent on the bottom of the Donegall Road saying ‘no foreigners’. Anna Lo MLA said: “This is sickening. To treat other human beings like that is simply appalling. I hope action is taken to remove this […]
Alliance Health, Social Services and Public Safety spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has criticised those who attacked fire crews on two separate incidents in the early hours of Monday morning. Stones and bottles were thrown at fire fighters in Londonderry and a fire engine was damaged in Dungannon. Kieran McCarthy MLA said: “These fire fighters are […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has called the DUP and Sinn Fein’s proposals on a Policing and Justice Ministry unworkable and deeply flawed. Alliance Leader David Ford said: “The so-called ‘breakthrough’ over the Department of Justice amounts to very little: an agreement on a single department with a single Minister. Neither the DUP nor Sinn Fein […]