I condemn the decision by unionist councillors and particularly the DUP Mayor Wesley Irvine to boycott the official visit by the Sports minister Carol Ni Chullin prior to the opening of the new Aurora Sports Complex. While the Minster was welcomed by Alliance chair of Leisure committee Alderman Anne Wilson it is wrong that neither […]
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I welcome the introduction of the levy on plastic bags but I am concerned that the 5P levy may not be enough to change shopping habits. In my speech at the second stage in the Northern Ireland Assembly I called for a 15p levy as I believe the ultimate success of the legislation will be when
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Councillor Brian Wilson welcomes the Minister’s new policy guidelines on out of town shopping. Restrictions on out of town shopping will not only limit the expansion of Sprucefield but it will severely reduce other out of town developments. Unfortunately this policy ten years too late and twenty years behind the rest of the UK which
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Brian Wilson condemns North Down Council’s refusal to include funding in the 2013/14 estimates for a new Clandeboye play park on the Clandeboye Road. I was shocked that the DUP Councillors who control the council voted against my proposal to include funding in the estimates for a new Clandeboye Play Park. It is particularly hypocritical
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West Bangor News (Issue 110) by Councillor Brian Wilson of North Down Borough Council. The Christmas and New Year 2013 edition of West Bangor News includes updates on the Queen’s Parade Development, the petition for Dog Control orders and the creation of new Super Councils in 2015. Also in this edition many important local issues
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North Down Mayor Attends Bangor Protest on Abbey Street Bangor. While I support the right to protest this right must be exercised with discretion as over the past 40 years many peaceful protests have ended with widespread communal violence. I welcome the fact that Monday’s protest ended peacefully but I was disappointed that two DUP
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STATEMENT BY INDEPENDENT COUNCILLOR BRIAN WILSON CONDEMNING TONIGHT’S DECISION BY NORTH DOWN COUNCIL TO PRIVATISE BANGOR LEISURE CENTRE I am particularly disappointed that the Council has refused to listen to the concerns of its staff. Regardless of its final decision to privatise Bangor Leisure Centre the councillors should have at least had the courtesy to
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It is difficult to predict what Northern Ireland will look like in 2021. Although I do not see any political change I have serious concerns about the economic future. The Green Party supports the Good Friday Agreement and in the principle of consent. We are therefore concerned by the present stalemate at the Assembly and
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West Bangor News (Issue 108) by Councillor Brian Wilson of North Down Borough Council. Summer 2012 The Summer 2012 edition of West Bangor News includes updates on the BMAP plan, the North Down rates for 2012 / 2013, Reform of Local Government, funding from the East Border Region and events for this summer in Bangor. The
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West Bangor News
Another child injured on the Old Belfast Road in accident near cemetery. I am surprised and disappointed that the Roads Service has withdrawn the traffic calming scheme for the Old Belfast Road. This scheme was requested by residents who were concerned by the volume and speed of traffic using the Old Belfast Road but was
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