Cllr Micky Murray

Thank you to everyone who came along tonight to cheer me on as I take up the role of Lord Mayor of Belfast. I am honestly so honoured to have been given this opportunity to represent our great city. I won’t let you down.

While households here are reeling from the skyrocketing price of home heating oil, the DUP and UUP are in Washington D.C. rubbing shoulders with the man responsible. Including the Communities Minister, who should be in NI to help those in need. @NualaMcAllister

@cyculcc There are a number of council car parks about the place. The answer here would be giving BCC regeneration powers, and the budget that would come with them.

@micky_murray Council controls neither parking or public transport - that’s the problem.

Bizarre, instead of expanding free parking why don’t they invest more in active travel and public transport? SDLP tried to put this forward at Council and no one else would support it. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/free-park…

@squinteratn I’d say roughly 90% of the trolling I get is from loyalists, the other 10% are England/US based anti-trans people.

Loyal Ulster: Alliance is worse than Sinn Féin. Alliance ate my hamster. Alliance doesn't know what a woman is. Alliance won't stop the small boats. Alliance puts empty wrappers back in the Quality Street tin. Also Loyal Ulster: Obsessed? Us? What tf are Alliance on about?

Time is of the essence - there is no time for spats in delivering home heating oil support. 68% of NI households are dependent on oil. It's critical the Economy, Finance and Communities Ministers urgently agree on how to get it into people's pockets, says @SorchaEastwood.

NI #Traitors contestant tells @allianceparty to keep going in campaign to ban conversion therapy 🏳️‍🌈 belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/… belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politics/…

"Right now, the balance is marginally in favour of us staying in the Executive." @AllianceParty deputy leader @EoinTennyson - on whether the party will remain in the Stormont power sharing administration. #SundayOPolitics @MarkCarruthers7

"If the UK Gov aren't willing to reform the Good Friday Agreement then they are condemning it - either to death by a thousand collapses or death by a slow bleed of public confidence." @EoinTennyson says Stormont's institutions need reformed. @MarkCarruthers7 #SundayPolitics

"Can you imagine the shape Lough Neagh would be in if we had a DUP minister sitting in the Department of Agriculture, Environment & Rural Affairs?" Deputy leader @EoinTennyson says Alliance's Executive ministers are making a difference. #SundayPolitics @MarkCarruthers7

If you were inspired by what you heard at #APNI26 and want to be a part of positive politics and building a shared society for everyone. Join Alliance. Choose hope, not fear. allianceparty.org/become_a_member

@allianceparty @EoinTennyson 👏

Alliance joined the Executive to deliver, not to sit back while progress is blocked. We've been clear: if that heel-dragging continues, then we will take a different course, says @EoinTennyson. People deserve hope, not fear.

"Anyone who listened to @Naomi_Long's speech yesterday will be clear that she's just getting started." @EoinTennyson says Naomi Long will lead @allianceparty into #AE27 and her long tenure is a sign of the party's strength, stability & unity. @MarkCarruthers7 #SundayPolitics

@newsmulg Weirdly, the SDLP tried this in Belfast City Council recently, but couldn’t even get the support to get it past committee stage.

A somewhat counter-intuitive move if, surely, we're trying to get more people to use public transport, especially during events and busy period such as this belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/free-park…

Best friends 😆 I first met @AndyBurnhamGM at COP26 years ago & he’s been a brilliant friend to NI & champion for the North of England. I love his collaborative, positive way of doing politics. Real change happens when we work together. Great to have him at our conference 💛

🚨🗣NEW: 'At the minute we are delighted to have Naomi Long as leader. There's a huge effort to generate gossip.' 🎥🎤Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 speaking to @allianceparty MP @SorchaEastwood. 🟡She says she absolutely loves the party and believes there is more to come, adding she will continue to fight for Northern Ireland and Lagan Valley in Westminster. ✅️When asked about her potential future leadership ambitions, she argued that Naomi Long is only getting started and said she is delighted to have her as leader. She added there are some who want to deflect from the positive work the party is doing and instead generate gossip.

Former Belfast Lord Mayor @micky_murray dropped by to find out more about arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions and the half a million people they affect in Northern Ireland. @allianceparty #APNI26

Discussing NIACRO’s work and views on the Justice Bill with @micky_murray #APNI26

💥⚠️NEW: Alliance Party could walk away from the Executive - “Don’t take our seat at the table for granted.” 🎥🎤@allianceparty Leader @naomi_long sitting down with Chief Reporter @jamesgould23. It comes ahead of the party’s conference on Saturday. She details frustrations with how the Executive operates, concerns also raised by her colleague, Minister @AndrewMuirNI. Naomi Long says the DUP and Sinn Féin “set the agenda” and believes parties like Alliance and the @uuponline sometimes have to make more compromises than others. She also reveals there have been discussions about walking away from the Executive but says, for now, the balance remains in favour of staying. More from the interview between now and Saturday.

2005 signatures & climbing. Why are Alliance the only party fighting for Botanic Meadows. Tearing up a locally loved green area for a pitch is blatantly not wanted? S Belfast reps, please help stop this! @garymckeown @MatthewOToole2 @DeirdreHargey @ClaireHanna @PaulaJaneB @TrBrk