Alliance Leader David Ford has said that Inver House, and other units such as the Braid Valley Hospital, provide essential services to the people of the local area. These services cannot be provided in Antrim Hospital. Local MLA David Ford said: “When the government decided to centralise acute hospital service at Antrim and Coleraine, there […]
Alliance Education Spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has said that they Executive must provide enough integrated school places to let every parent have the option of sending their child to an integrated school. He said that decreasing segregated schooling would free up cash to be spent on improving public services. The Lagan Valley MLA stated: “This […]
Alliance Youth Chair Stephen Martin has welcomed news that the PSNI have rescued three women from a house in Belfast where they were being used for prostitution. At the end of last year, Alliance Youth organised a highly successful campaign, with much support from Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo, highlighting the issues of human […]
Alliance Leader David Ford has endorsed David Griffin as the best candidate for the forthcoming Dromore by-election. Mr Ford said that the election is about selecting the best person for Dromore, not about a sectarian headcount or a referendum on the St Andrews Agreement. David Ford said: “David Griffin is by far the best candidate […]
Alliance Party Finance Spokesperson, Dr Stephen Farry MLA, has pointed out the fundamental relationship between the creation of a shared future and economic change in Northern Ireland, and challenged the Executive to address the neglect of good relations issues in the Programme for Government if they are to deliver their stated aim of economic growth. […]
Alliance Sustainability Spokesperson Alan Lawther has blasted the decision by Finance Minister Peter Robinson to scrap plans to force developers to build environmentally friendly homes. Alan Lawther said that the dumping of the much anticipated policy, which was due to be introduced in April shows that the Executive is not serious about green issues. Antrim […]
Strangford Alliance MLA Kieran McCarthy has revealed that he has found out that the last bank in Portaferry is to be closed in April. He expressed anger at the planned closure of the Northern Bank branch and said that the growing town of Portaferry will be hit very hard by the move. Kieran McCarthy said […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has said that the review into student tuition fees announced by Minister Reg Empey must result in the scrapping of the unfair university fees. She also said that Executive parties had let students down having not yet tackled the issue since devolution returned. Anna Lo MLA said: “Students are […]
Unveiling the Alliance response to the Programme for Government, party leader David Ford has demanded the Executive show more ambition, and said that their plans fail to tackle the most important issues facing Northern Ireland. He described the key themes in the Executive’s Programme as ‘meaningless’, and said Northern Ireland could not progress without tackling […]
Alliance Youth Chair Stephen Martin has expressed concern at a report stating there are over 100,000 children in Northern Ireland living in poverty and what such a troubling statistic means in reality. Stephen said, “Surely in this day and age, no society can tolerate such a high level of poverty especially when it affects our […]