Safe access zones law working as intended
May 08, 2026
The Green Party welcomes today’s judgment, which reinforces the purpose of the Safe Access Zones legislation that we brought forward and fought hard to deliver.This law was introduced for one simple reason: to ensure...
Read MoreCllr Groogan statement on Belfast City Council special meeting
April 23, 2026
Cllr Áine Groogan said:"This meeting should not have happened.""Planning enforcement is clearly delegated to council officers for a reason, to ensure decisions are impartial, evidence-based, and grounded in planning law. Attempts by political parties...
Read MoreThe Department for the Economy has failed Ulster University’s staff
April 17, 2026
The Department for the Economy has failed Ulster University’s staff. That is the blunt conclusion of today’s announcement that up to 450 jobs are at risk - jobs the university itself says it tried...
Read MoreCouncillor Flynn has called for urgent action on greyhound racing in Northern Ireland
March 20, 2026
Green Party Councillor Anthony Flynn has called for urgent action on greyhound racing in Northern Ireland following moves to ban the practice in Scotland and Wales. Councillor Flynn said: “This week, both Scotland and...
Read MoreHonouring and remembering women and girls who have lost their lives to domestic abuse
December 19, 2025
Councillor Kendall, Green Party commented: "Another year and more women are dead." "In solidarity, and shared grief, I joined North Down and Ards Women's aid to stand again with our mothers, sisters, daughters, grandmothers,...
Read MoreSinn Féin must come clean on fox hunting - Cllr Flynn
December 18, 2025
Cllr Flynn said “Fox hunting is vile cruelty dressed up as ‘sport’. Sinn Féin’s vote in the Dáil yesterday (17th December), taken alongside their record in the Assembly, shows a clear pattern. When they...
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