http://www.allianceparty.org/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland en-GB The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland http://www.allianceparty.org/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland 2010-09-08T10:10+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005427/lunn_queries_education_department_consultation_on_community_relations.html Alliance Education spokesperson Trevor Lunn MLA has queried the lack of joined up government after the Department for Education began consulting on a community relations document for their Department when the Office of the First Minister deputy First Minister is consulting on their Cohesion, Sharing and Integration document covering all Departments. 2010-09-07T16:01+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005426/lyttle_welcomes_public_meeting_on_shared_future.html Alliance East Belfast MLA Chris Lyttle has hailed the public meeting on Monday night in Belfast that let people tell the Office of the First Minister deputy First Minister what they thought about the draft Programme on Cohesion, Sharing & Integration. He has stated that the large turnout at the meeting demonstrated the significant support for tackling the human and financial costs of division in our society. 2010-09-07T11:02+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005425/lunn_asks_when_will_maze_development_corporation_be_formed.html Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has called for OFMdFM to provide more detail on the Maze project and asked when exactly the Development Corporation will be established. 2010-09-06T14:38+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005424/ford_concern_at_objects_found_at_antrim_schools.html South Antrim Alliance MLA David Ford has expressed deep concern at the finding of suspicious objects at St Comgall's Primary School and St Joseph's Primary School in Antrim. 2010-09-06T12:10+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005423/mccarthy_condemns_enniskillen_petrol_bomb.html Alliance Chief Whip Kieran McCarthy has condemned those involved in a petrol bomb attack on a house in Coleshill Crescent in Enniskillen. The attack happened at 2.45am on Saturday morning. 2010-09-06T09:15+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005422/long_reopens_social_economy_projects_in_east_belfast.html East Belfast Alliance MP Naomi Long today re-opened the Re-Store and Re-Fresh East Belfast Mission Social Economy projects. Re-Fresh is a low cost healthy food community café and delivers meals on wheels. Re-Store provides re-usable furniture/electrical goods in partnership with Bryson House. 2010-09-03T20:10+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005421/lo__people_trafficking_must_be_eradicated.html Alliance South Belfast MLA Anna Lo has called on the police to ensure that people trafficking is an issue that they are focusing on. Her call follows the news that police have rescued several women from Belfast properties who had been trafficked into the country. Police also arrested a number of people in these properties following the raids on Friday morning. 2010-09-03T14:59+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005420/lyttle_hails_achievement_of_palmerston_residents_association_on_station_garden.html East Belfast Alliance MLA Chris Lyttle has praised the efforts of Palmerston Residents' Association on Sydenham Community Station getting 3rd place in the community rail halts section of Ulster in Bloom Festival 2010. The Association adopted the station two years ago and Mr Lyttle commended the work done by the group. 2010-09-03T12:28+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005419/elliott_shows_true_colours_with_gaa_and_gay_pride_comments.html Alliance Party Executive Director Gerry Lynch has slammed UUP leadership candidate Tom Elliott for saying he will not attend GAA matches or gay pride marches. 2010-09-03T11:21+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005418/mccarthy_disgust_at_news_of_no_dcal_funding_for_special_olympics_ulster.html Alliance Culture Arts and Leisure Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has said he is disgusted at indications that Special Olympics Ulster will not be getting any funding from DCAL. At the committee yesterday it was indicated that DCAL would not be providing funding for Special Olympics Ulster and Kieran McCarthy posed a question on the issue. 2010-09-03T09:39+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005417/hendron_praises_authorities_on_dealing_with_gas_leak.html Pottinger Alliance Councillor Máire Hendron has praised the authorities for their action in dealing with a gas leak in East Belfast . Up to 30 houses were evacuated following the discovery of a carbon monoxide leak at My Lady's Road this morning. 2010-09-02T15:32+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005416/fitzpatrick_disgusted_at_coleraine_bomb_incident.html Coleraine Alliance Councillor Barney Fitzpatrick has expressed shock and disgust after a petrol bomb was thrown through a window at a house in Silverthorn Avenue in Coleraine shortly before midnight on Wednesday. The petrol bomb failed to ignite and a woman and her six-year-old son escaped injury. 2010-09-02T14:34+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005415/rice_shocked_at_belfast_van_hijacking.html Alliance Castlereagh Councillor Geraldine Rice has expressed her shocked at the hijacking of a van in the early hours of Thursday morning in Newtown Park in which the driver was hit several times. Five men approached the van and told the driver they were armed with guns, he was then forced out of the van and driven to West Belfast where he was later released. 2010-09-02T13:57+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005414/lunn_condemns_hillsborough_and_lisburn_incidents.html Lagan Valley Alliance MLA Trevor Lunn has condemned those involved in an attempted distraction burglary on Tuesday at around 2pm a house at Grove Road in Hillsborough which is occupied by two women in their 80s. He also condemned those involved in a burglary on Wednesday in the Ballinderry area. 2010-09-02T13:19+01:00 http://www.allianceparty.org/news/005413/mccarthy_concern_over_hip_fracture_figures.html Alliance Health Spokesperson Kieran McCarthy MLA has expressed real concerns over some figures regarding the treatment of hip fractures and said that potential cuts could make it difficult to improve this situation. His comments come following the release of figures from an audit by the Royal College of Surgeons. 2010-09-02T09:27+01:00