Not often standing ovations happen at Stormont #Belfast
Incredible developing story with a young Afghan woman who finally found the freedom to express herself through music with a Northern Irish singer.
What is going to happen next in the story is truly epic. Pinching ourselves.

Every parent deserves access to an integrated education for their child, says Alliance Education representatives Nick Mathison and Kate Nicholl.

Read more: allianceparty.org/every_parent_d…

It really is such an honour and privilege to be selected to represent East Londonderry.

East Londonderry has a chance to truly embrace change and elect an MP that will represent them no matter where they live, from Portballintrae to Eglinton and from kilrea to Claudy.

This week I launched our new pilot project with PSNI & DfI on addressing missed bin collections in problem areas.

The pilot will target problem areas where bins are missed due to poor parking including:

Stranmillis
Donegall Rd
Park Rd
Looplands
Iveagh
Springfield Rd

We want to extent a thank you to Assembly Committee for the Executive Office for inviting us to present on Wednesday about our Peace & Reconciliation work ☮️

From our Youth Manifesto for Change, young people have four key asks when it comes to peace building:

1️⃣ Introduce a Bill of Rights which enshrines the…

To be frank, we were expecting updated race relations legislation rather sooner than 2025/6.

However, it will be better late than never.

.Paula Bradshaw MLA has said Europe Day should be marked by evidence of progress on a new international relations strategy for the Executive, and on discussion of a Europe Strategy as pledged when the First and deputy First Minister came into post.

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Great alongside Connie Egan MLA to welcome Ciara Ní hUisceith and Cohen Taylor from the NI Youth Forum to the Assembly Committee for the Executive Office this afternoon!

I know the entire Committee welcomed their outstanding contribution.

Thank you St Bride's PS & NU, Belfast for coming to Parliament Buildings and meeting with Paula Bradshaw MLA & myself. We loved hearing your brilliant ideas of how we can make South Belfast better 💛

The Government should not be meekly standing by and allowing human suffering in Gaza.

Paula Bradshaw MLA highlighted the devastating humanitarian consequences happening in Palestine during today’s Assembly motion, which called for an immediate ceasefire in the region.

What we are witnessing in the Middle East is a human catastrophe.

Israel must end their attacks in Rafah.

We are seeing a huge-scale humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza.

That’s why Alliance MLAs have today reiterated their call for an immediate ceasefire.

In my question to the deputy FM on the East-West Council, I was told there had been no discussion on opportunities arising from dual market access in NI. However, I was assured that the Council would be a forum where NI would have a stronger voice on 'Levelling Up' issues.

This is utterly vile and is yet another demonstration of the need to deal with these criminals seeking to destroy people’s lives for their own petty prejudices!

Loyalist hate mob forces man to flee home for second time in two years

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Useful meeting with Forestside management - we discussed family parking spaces, staff parking, update on the new restaurants & other issues constituents have raised with us. Lovely to hear how well Waterstones is doing & plans for community engagement 💛

Our CEO Cllr. Lilian Seenoi Barr (MRS BARR)-SDLP received this letter from the Committee for the The Executive Office today, offering her congratulations and support.
Thank you for the show of solidarity Paula Bradshaw MLA, no doubt we'll be in touch in the not too distant future!

I’m delighted that committee backed my proposal this evening to use funds raised by events in our parks (Boucher Rd, Botanic Gdns, & Ormeau Pl) to invest back into the local area.

This endures that the levy paid by big promoters using our parks benefit those who are disrupted.