Alliance Leader David Ford has congratulated Gordon Brown on becoming the new Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. David Ford said: “I would like to congratulate Gordon Brown on being confirmed as the new Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party. “There will be major issues in future in relation to the […]
Alliance Party Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed shock and anger at plans which could close up to 200 post offices across Northern Ireland. He stated that post offices provide a vital service and are the hub of many small communities. The plans are part of a UK-wide review of postal services which is […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has slammed Sinn Fein’s feeble attempt to stop the ridiculous seven super council plan being scrapped. He said that the current plans must be thrown out in order to prevent a tribal carve up which would set Northern Ireland back politically. Mr Lunn, who is currently Mayor of Lisburn […]
Alliance Party Women’s Champion Cllr Sara Duncan has attacked the Ulster Unionists for failing to appoint any women as party spokespersons, stating that it perfectly illustrated how out of touch the UUP are. Their new list of spokespersons was published yesterday. The Castlereagh Councillor said: “I was amazed to hear that when the Ulster Unionists […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has hit out at the fact that a Director for Mental Health as proposed in the Bamford Review has not yet been appointed, and he stated that this shows the lack of focus shown by the Department of Health. His comments come following the Minister Michael McGimpsey’s revelation that […]
South Belfast Alliance MLA Anna Lo has hit out at thugs who planted a pipe bomb near the Kings Hall, where the Balmoral Show starts today. The bomb was discovered last night in a garden of the house on Balmoral Avenue in South Belfast. Anna Lo MLA said: “I am disgusted at the type of […]
North Down Alliance MLA Stephen Farry who jointly sponsored a debate today in the Northern Ireland Assembly along with Brian Wilson on the current flawed rates system, has welcomed the commitment of the Finance Minister, Peter Robinson, to conduct a full review of the system, including consideration of an income-based system. Dr Farry stated: “The […]
Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has appealed to MLAs in today’s Assembly debate to conduct a cost benefit analysis on prescription charges to see if free prescriptions will be beneficial to local people. Today’s motion was proposed by Kieran McCarthy and fellow United Community Group member Dr Kieran Deeny MLA. Speaking in his speech […]
Strangford Alliance MLA Kieran McCarthy has expressed shock at the news that a man tried to abduct a child in Kircubbin on the Ards peninsula. The man involved was in his forties and the attempt to abduct the ten year old child took place at 8.45am this morning on Parsonage Road near the town’s primary […]
Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has said that since devolution day, they dynamics of local politics has changed. With the DUP and Sinn Fein forming an Executive with tribal second-string parties, the UUP and SDLP, the new battle is not unionism v nationalism, it is now segregation v integration. The Mayor of Lisburn said: […]