110 News Stories From August 2006

Thu 31st Aug 2006:

Venue will make no difference to hopes of political progress - Ford.

Alliance encourages people to save lives by signing up for organ donor card.

Wed 30th Aug 2006:

Time to wake from our racist slumber after latest attack.

Situation in Ballymena "just getting ridiculous" - Dunlop.

Alliance delighted that other parties are catching up on hate crime law.

Hospital staff must be given more protection against thugs - Alliance.

Tribal politicians have let public down over integrated education - Alliance.

Tue 29th Aug 2006:

Parsley applauds police on road safety crackdown.

No easy answers in hunt for quality jobs.

McCarthy shocked at hospital malnutrition risk for older people.

Dunlop blasts Ballymena double petrol bombers.

Alliance blasts government for awarding green grants to only a third of applicants.

Mon 28th Aug 2006:

Daewoo job losses severe blow for Antrim - Ford.

Sun 27th Aug 2006:

Young people must be encouraged away from violence - Dunlop.

Fri 25th Aug 2006:

Alliance blasts benefit cheats and praises fraud deterrent.

Dunlop encourages young people to get involved in Ballymena youth forum.

Long disgusted at new McCord death threats.

Government must prioritise graduates in job hunt.

Thu 24th Aug 2006:

Ford demands clarification on Government attitude towards restoring devolution.

Alliance rejects Government's push for water privatisation.

Lawther disgusted by Crumlin Royal Mail robbery.

Ards land sell-off plans "ridiculous".

Wed 23rd Aug 2006:

Hill appalled by Kilcooley murder.

£1 billion spent yearly on segregation is destroying our economy - Alliance.

Alliance shocked at threat to blue flag beaches.

Alliance angry at police failure over dirty tricks leaflets.

Tue 22nd Aug 2006:

Immigration debate must not be allowed to become racist.

Alliance concerned at "English solution for an NI problem" on transport.

Alliance youth wing repeats call for free student travel.

No excuses for not paying full minimum wage.

Alliance has strong backing in bid to save Ards coastline and playground land.

Mon 21st Aug 2006:

Alliance renews call for traffic lights after accident on Saintfield Road.

Neeson calls on government to use hate crime laws.

Alliance demands that vacant sites be sold to save threatened schools.

Leonard demands tighter Belfast HMO limit to protect residential areas.

Alliance concerned at "English solution for an NI problem" on transport.

Fri 18th Aug 2006:

Alliance hits out at Killyleagh petrol bomb attackers.

PSNI recruitment quotas discriminate against ethnic minorities - Alliance.

UUP should do the right thing and end PUP link now - Alliance.

Parsley shock at daylight attack on elderly man.

Parsley welcomes Minister's line on speed enforcement on "lesser roads".

Go green with the school run this September - Alliance.

Thu 17th Aug 2006:

Alliance condemns Lurgan petrol bombing.

Students' loans difficulties highlights nonsense of tuition fees.

McCarthy slams "morons" after arson attack.

Midnight soccer scheme can give Wynchurch anti-social behaviour the red card.

Alcohol problems will haunt Northern Ireland in future - Alliance .

Wed 16th Aug 2006:

Dunlop welcomes jobs boost for Ballymena.

Unemployment figures mask need for more jobs - ex-Lord Mayor.

Alliance puts forward strong case to save threatened school.

Wanton destruction cannot be meekly tolerated - McCarthy.

More help needed for local businesses in the wake of Prudential jobs scare - Ekin.

Alliance Announces Benchmarks for Policing and the Rule of Law.

Alliance supports war pardons but slams their delay.

Tue 15th Aug 2006:

Alliance to meet SEELB Commissioners to plea for threatened school.

Young Alliance demands debt help for students.

Full force of law must apply to racist attackers.

Wise to allocate resources to tackling prescription fraud - McCarthy.

Young Unionists must apply pressure to end UVF link.

McCarthy backs dental provisions but criticises delay.

Alliance condemns Ormeau Road security van robbery.

New taxi laws will boost the industry - Alliance.

Hunger strike rally problems strengthen case for neutral stadium - Alliance.

UUP are bowing to pressure from decent people says Alliance Leader.

Alliance attacks Ards DUP Councillors' plan to sell coastline and playground land.

Mon 14th Aug 2006:

No reassurance from Minister on library closures.

20 year delay in McConville murder probe is 'disgrace' - Alliance.

Petrol bomb attack "another example of society's acceptance of violence" - Dunlop.

'Despicable' UVF threat on Sunday World reporter undermines press freedom .

Actions, not lectures, needed on "compromise".

Ford backs ceasefire but slams its delay as unacceptable.

Sun 13th Aug 2006:

Alliance Chair urges lessons to be learned from NI to deal with threat of terror.

Sat 12th Aug 2006:

All must tackle racism to avoid ghettoization.

Arson attack "the unacceptable side of East Belfast": Long.

Fri 11th Aug 2006:

Diplock Courts still sadly necessary: Farry.

Alliance Survey reveals Castelreagh thumbs down to Metro.

Thu 10th Aug 2006:

Sobering reminder of terrorist threat: Alliance.

UUP have not helped end loyalist violence after 12 year council link, so PUP deal is sham.

Campbell hits out at Ervine for horrific verbal attack on Raymond McCord.

Dunlop praises whole community for peace after Ballymena nationalist march.

Storming of Raytheon Plant disgraceful - Neeson.

Wed 9th Aug 2006:

Other parties playing catch up on double taxation - Lawther.

Dunlop calls for calm in the run-up to Ballymena nationalist parade.

Long demands loyalist decommissioning following explosives find in North Belfast.

Tue 8th Aug 2006:

Neeson backs single electricity market but is alarmed by delay in implementation.

Long slams last night's attack on a man in East Belfast.

Basic common sense required to end NI's stray dogs shame.

Ekin hits out at Dublin Road cash van robbers.

Mon 7th Aug 2006:

Helping the environment, its all in the bag.

Alliance will not be party to super-council "majority rule" - Hill.

Dunlop welcomes new Ballycastle school and calls for more integrated education.

Alliance slams perpetrators of sectarian Lurgan petrol bombing.

Alliance backs new speed cameras and calls for change in public attitudes.

Sun 6th Aug 2006:

Ulster Unionist leadership must answer Ervine threats: Long.

Ulster Unionists must clarify Loyalist threat: Parsley.

Fri 4th Aug 2006:

Alliance backs Rangers' bid to kick sectarianism out of football .

Alliance demands 'open and transparent' consultation to stop SEELB school closures.

Positive news on integrated schools must be followed up - Frazer.

Thu 3rd Aug 2006:

Alliance demands UUP clarify position on "exiling".

Seat belt message must be promoted more strongly.

Ford supports governments' measures on location of disappeared.

Alliance backs lottery sports funding but calls for more cash to tackle obesity.

Alliance meets SEELB to discuss impact of Commissioners.

Ford hits out at UDA street protest in North Belfast.

Dunlop condemns death threat on Ballymena Sinn Fein Councillor.

Wed 2nd Aug 2006:

Long slams UDA for using council leisure centre for meeting.

People of NI want UDA wound up: Ford.

Tue 1st Aug 2006:

Alliance Leader tells Blair there is no quick fix for Assembly.

Alliance celebrates Belfast City Hall Centenary and calls for political progress.

Alliance demands more public transport funding after £400m for roads upgrades.

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