Alliance Dromore by-election candidate David Griffin is spearheading the campaign to regenerate the town. He said that regenerating the historic town could open up massive opportunities in the business and tourism sphere. He also said that this election is about the best candidate for Dromore instead of a unionist dogfight. David Griffin said: “Dromore is […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has stated that his party will oppose the despicable plans for a 16% pay rise for MLAs. He said that if the Executive were on performance-related pay, they would only be getting the minimum wage. He stated that the Executive can only think about a pay rise when they start delivering, […]
Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has launched a stinging attack over the fact that £42 million was spent in 2007. Questions were asked today in the Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee Report on the issue. The Lagan Valley MLA stated: “I am appalled that the amount the government spends on consultants has more than doubled in the […]
Alliance Leader David Ford strongly criticised the impact that the Executive’s Budget will have on the health and social care system in Northern Ireland. He also strengthened his calls for the Health Minister to maintain the essential services provided at Inver House in Larne or the Braid Valley Hospital in Ballymena to ensure that unnecessary […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has said that the Health Minister must order deep cleaning in hospitals with cases of C. Diffice, to strengthen public confidence in our hospitals. His comments come as more revelations emerge about C. Difficile in hospitals. The Strangford MLA said: “Its time that the Minister ordered the deep cleaning […]
Alliance Leader David Ford and Liberal Democrat Northern Ireland Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP are meeting today to discuss strengthening tourism and transport links between Northern Ireland and Scotland. Alistair Carmichael is MP for Orkney and Shetland, and has is visiting Northern Ireland for two days. He and David Ford are visiting Ballycastle today to discuss […]
Liberal Democrat Northern Ireland Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP is today opening Alliance Leader David Ford’s constituency office in Glengormley. Alistair Carmichael is visiting Northern Ireland for two days and will also be visiting Ballycastle to push for the reinstatement of the Ballycastle-Campbeltown ferry. David Ford’s new office is at Unit 2, 21 Carnmoney Road in […]
Carrickfergus Alliance Councillor Stewart Dickson has hit out at the Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy over his failure to secure replacement trains for the poor quality rolling stock currently used on the Larne line before 2011. Stewart Dickson said the Minister should be trying to source immediate temporary replacement trains from the Republic of Ireland […]
Commenting after the release of the previously secret papers on the proposed Giant’s Causeway visitor’s centre, Alliance Leader David Ford MLA has said that each new revelation has given increasing cause for concern David Ford said: “We previously knew that the private visitor’s centre proposed for the Giant’s Causeway was opposed by senior professionals within […]
I commend the member for bringing forward the motion to debate two issues which are of growing concern to the public. I would have liked to discuss the exploitation of migrant workers and human trafficking in two separate motions because they are very different issues, each deserving the attention of a full debate. However, given […]