“It’s time to look forward to building a New Northern Ireland” - McFarland
Ulster Unionist candidate for North Down Alan McFarland has joined business leaders in calling for politicians to work together to build up a new Northern Ireland.
Mr McFarland welcomed comments by the head of the Institute of Directors’, Frank Bryan at their annual dinner that it is now time for the politicians to get down to business.
McFarland said:
“Devolution presents us with a wonderful opportunity to really make a difference after four years of paralysis while the Assembly was suspended. Scotland and Wales have shown what can be done when local accountable government is running the country.
“Frank Bryans is quite right in saying that stable political institutions are a prerequisite if Northern Ireland is to compete to win new investment and open up new world markets. If Northern Ireland is to flourish, it is essential that we are given to opportunity to make it work for all of us.”