North Down

Today I attended a ceremony in the Town Hall in which the Mayor Andrew Muir joined with the Mayors of Bobbio (Italy) and Luxeuil-les-Bains to sign a joint submission to the European Cultural Committee for the official recognition of the journey of Columbanus as a European Cultural Route. This is one of a number of events

I cannot believe the arrogance of the Clandeboye and District Ulster Special Constabulary Pistol and Rifle Club. Despite the decision of the North Down Borough Council to spend almost half a million of ratepayers money on providing a new facility for the club they have refused to provide the council with basic information regarding the

DUP controlled North Down council tonight voting to spend £ 1/2 million on providing facilities for a gun club in the new Hamilton Road Community Centre. I opposed this waste of public money RATEPAYERS SHOULD NOT PAY HALF A MILLION POUNDS TO PROVIDE A GUN CLUB IN COUNCIL PREMISES We need gun clubs in our

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

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

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