Ards and North Down Borough Council is working hard with its partners to create a #nohatehere campaign this week and I was pleased to be invited to help launch the initiative. There is no place for hate of any kind in our community and we should all adopt a ‘zero tolerance’ attitude to the issue. The only thing […]
Mental health stigma is stopping young people asking for help and more than one in three young people with mental health difficulties experience stigma, according to the YMCA, so I was pleased to be a part of he I AM WHOLE Campaign 2018 alongside the PSNI and Ards and North Down Borough Council. The I AM […]
I have asked Council officers to look at the possibility of increasing revenue to Council with the sale of sponsorships and advertising. With a fleet of vehicles on the road, a quarterly magazine delivered to every door in the Borough, a website that attracts thousands of hits every month, and a calendar of events that […]
Alliance Councillor Gavin Walker has launched a campaign to to assert a Portavo Right of Way, urging local people to register their support to protect the treasured local asset. The local councillor made the call after it was revealed access to the reservoir was under threat, after a recent High Court judgement instructed Northern Ireland Water […]
Ards & North Down Borough Council continues to be committed to recycling and over the coming months you will have the opportunity to have your recyclable glass collected from your home. Please click here to download information on this new service
As Chair of the Donaghadee Town Steering Group Councillor, I have welcomed the Council’s decision to lodge a planning application to regenerate The Moat Donaghadee. The applications success would allow the retention of its iconic status within the town while adding it to Donaghadee’s growing tourism offering. This decision to apply for planning permission to […]
Alliance Councillor Gavin Walker has described the recent High Court decision to grant Portavo Estates a right of pre-emption over the property as ‘disappointing’ and has called on all parties involved to work together to retain public access to the area. You can register your interest in helping retain public access to Portavo Reservoir. Please click […]
In a recent letter to the editor of the County Down Spectator I outlined the reasons why the transfer of Regeneration Powers to Council was so important, and why the DUP had failed residents of our Borough by placing Party before people. The letter was printed on January 5th. Here is the transcript. Dear Sir: When […]
I’ve put in a Notice of Motion for Council to consult widely on what you think about the idea of looking at bringing a Casino and Entertainment Centre similar to the one pictured which is in Milton Keynes, to Bangor. With the potential of bringing 900 hospitality-based jobs to our town plus the impetus of […]
Building a shared society is the biggest single challenge facing Northern Ireland and should be the central over-arching priority for the NI Executive. Quite simply, we will not achieve what we want for Northern Ireland – economically and socially – if we don’t address this critical issue. But we won’t do this by tinkering around […]
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