Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has said that it’s all well and good that Martin McGuinness gets on well with Ian Paisley, but the fact remains that this Executive has delivered next to nothing in terms of new legislation and improvements to local people’s lives. His comments come after an interview with Martin McGuinness […]
Alliance Assembly Member Trevor Lunn has expressed shock and revulsion at the shooting of an off-duty police officer in Londonderry. The shooting took place on Bishop Street in the city after the man had dropped off his son at school Trevor Lunn MLA stated: “This shooting has sent shockwaves through the whole community. This sickening […]
Alliance Deputy Leader Naomi Long MLA has called on the Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie to ensure that future funding is allocated on a needs-based approach and said that the Northern Ireland Office approach had sectarianised community funding. She also said that the best way to move forward on community regeneration is to conduct local […]
Following the publication of the Seventeenth International Monitoring Commission Report, Alliance Leader David Ford has said that loyalist paramilitary organisations must decommission if they are to have any hope of convincing local people that they are ending their reign of terror. David Ford said: “The UVF and UDA have to fully decommission if they are […]
Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has called on the Executive to review ways of making ferry travel to Scotland cheaper, to encourage tourism to Northern Ireland and boost Belfast and Larne as ports of entry for the island of Ireland. The Lagan Valley Assembly member stated: “Competition on other routes such as Dover-Calais has driven down […]
East Belfast Alliance representatives Naomi Long MLA and Cllr. Judith Cochrane have expressed their continuing support for the need to retain the right of way between Gilnahirk Avenue and Gilnahirk Road. The developer of a site linked to 83a Gilnahirk Road has applied for the extinguishment of the right of way. Alliance had previously led […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has said that Finance Minister Peter Robinson must listen to the public and provide more funding to combat substance abuse among local young people. His comments come following the tragic death of 16-year old Dean Clarke from North Belfast, who committed suicide after a drug overdose. The Strangford MLA […]
Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell has condemned the huge apartment complex application in the Church Road and Glebe Road East area of Newtownabbey. Cllr Tom Campbell said: “This is an application for 35 apartment dwellings in seven blocks with car parking and associated access. It almost goes without saying that such an application of such […]
Newtownabbey Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell has said that following the recent token gesture of decommissioning by the South East Antrim UDA, all of the UDA must fully decommission. He said that they must stop intimidating the local community and decommission fully to show local people that they, and the fear they engender, are gone for […]
Alliance Leader David Ford and South Belfast MLA Anna Lo have thrown their weight behind the National Union of Journalists’ ‘Stand up for Journalism’ campaign following a meeting at Stormont today. The campaign event highlighted cuts in staffing and poor pay for journalists. David Ford said: “Today’s event highlights the real pressure that journalists are […]