The AFCON final is utterly bonkers. I love when football descends into pure chaos.

Got contacted by a resident who lives on Ravenhill Avenue, that the alleyway was blocked by a fallen tree & in poor condition. DfI dragging their feet to get the alleyway cleared, but after contacting myself, it was sorted in a week. Feel free to contact me if you think I can help in SE Belfast.

The Scots. A great bunch of lads.

Absolutely bloody glorious Manchester United. Destroyed City from the start.

New UUP leadership happy to roll back on climate legislation. More of the same is killing Lough Neagh & poisoning our soil and waterways. Pathetic from the Ulster Unionists, pandering to argi food lobby. No vision of building a green economy for NI. www.newsletter.co.uk/news/opinion...

Belfast City Council has just backed my proposal calling on the Department for Infrastructure to engage with local schools on upcoming Ravenhill Road cycle lane consultation. As a Green Party councillor, I’ll be working to ensure the voices of children & young people play a huge role in this scheme

I was on Nolan today talking on how Twitter/X is now running a business model that tolerates & profits from the sexual abuse & exploitation of women & children through AI deepfakes. Any political party or public rep who keeps treating X as a normal platform, while knowing this, is complicit.

Hiring another ex player as an interim manager, just screams of leadership with no idea and never had a plan after sacking Amorim. I swear United have been sent to try my patience and increase my anxiety.

Those who own and manage Twitter are effectively nonce enablers.

I spoke at Council on Thursday about the deepening homelessness crisis & deaths in the city. Myself & Cllr Áine Groogan also met the Welcome Organisation this week to see the pressures they are under. I want to thank Lord Mayor Tracy Kelly for seeing the urgency in dealing with this.

I've contacted @deptinfra regarding the need for the newly refurbished cycle lane at Stranmillis to be urgently gritted. Cyclists shouldn't be an afterthought when it comes to safety on our roads network, especially with poor weather conditions.

A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas. Be a love, and pay it today.

Northern Ireland politics is shifting. The Greens are now the most popular party among young people, according to the latest polling. Young people know the system is stacked against them while bills rise, rents spiral and services fail. 1/3

A Christmas message to the 20 MLAs in Belfast.

I've asked the Chief Ex of the Housing Executive to open an emergency shelter over the winter in Belfast City Centre. 2 deaths last week & over 50 rough sleepers nightly. Meanwhile our MLAs have taken a 4 week Xmas break. What are the 20 MLAs in the city doing to tackle homelessness?

Never knew we would run Belfast, but if that's the case, pints will be £4 and we want more trees and bees. Don't threaten us with a good time.

Brilliant news for East Belfast. Bright Umbrella Theatre Company have received €35k from the Shared Island funding to support their work. I encouraged their application to this & since becoming a councillor, I made it a priority to help arts & sports groups in the East. Still plenty more to do.

I have written to the Chief Executive of the IFA to raise serious concerns around safeguarding procedures, following Linfield signing a sponsorship deal with a convicted sex offender. The IFA needs to show leadership and that it is not left to fans to highlight such matters.

'Hundreds of women, members of the LGBTQ+ community and supporters are expected to attend this year’s march against gender-based violence on Saturday, November 29.' www.u105.com/news/u105-ne...

Belfast needs an overdose prevention centre. Lives are needlessly being lost. We need leadership from Stormont, especially the Health & Justice Ministers. Are they worried by how some voters will feel about the prospect of an overdose prevention centre, 20 months out from an election?

Belfast city centre is at a crossroads. Will community need beat developer greed? We say yes. Time for overdose prevention, safer streets, and real public transport - not empty promises or empty buildings. A greener, fairer Belfast starts now. #BelfastCityCentre #GreenPartyNI

I spoke on Nolan this morning and called on Translink & Department of Infrastructure to reduce the cost of public transport over the Xmas period. Put increased services in place to get Belfast & NI moving. Ease congestion and make it economically viable for people to get on the bus or train.

'The guys who run Reform are absolute chancers. The people who make our lives more difficult arrive in private jets, not dinghies.' @ross-greer.bsky.social on #bbcdn

People in NI have been failed for decades by the Stormont Executive. Migrants aren't to blame for collapsing public services, a lack of social homes, rising NHS waiting lists. It's down to Stormont and how they have prioritised division over investment in abandoned communities.

The #EchoChamberPod - Flags, Race Riots and Rising Inequality with Belfast Cllr @briansmyth99.bsky.social is out now everywhere. S: open.spotify.com/episode/1epm...

Belfast City Council has agreed to partly fund a 2 year trail of a weekend night bus services beginning in November. This will hugely benefit the night time economy and help people get out of the City Centre late at night. Delighted this is finally happening.

When racist violence erupted last summer, inaction from the executive let it fester and emboldened fascists. Stormont has a leadership vacuum on this and other issues. When far-right thugs try to lynch migrant workers outside McDonalds, silence from elected representatives is complicity.

Draw the line. Join the Green Party today ⤵️ join.greenparty.org.uk?utm_source=s...

Online rumours only add to the pain - facts matter. Public bodies must step up and give honest answers about safety at large events. Drug testing at events is a no brainer. It’s time for real harm reduction.

It's been reported today that nearly half of those arrested in Northern Ireland last August during the racist violence, have previously been reported for domestic abuse. Don't tell me the biggest threat to women and children comes from immigrants, it's mostly comes from local straight white men.

I've been contacted by local residents about another potential pollution incident in the Loop River. I've informed NIEA and Andrew Muir's office, but both I believe are weak and ineffective. It's not a question of if, but when water quality becomes a risk to human health in NI.

A message to all other Belfast City Councillors: Hopefully BCC acquires the Assembly Rooms in next few months, but don't pat yourselves on the back, thinking job done. This is only the end of the beginning. We still have more to do in delivering a city centre people will be proud of.

Zohran Mamdani & Zack Polanski both show that a new politics can emerge with public support. Immigrants, trans kids, the poor, disabled etc aren't the reason for the mess we are in. It's billionaires, backed up by right wing and liberal politicians. Take them on, we can win.

Cherryvale Park update: he huge fallen tree from Storm Eowyn has now been cleared, we will be undertaking tree planting come the Autumn. I have asked for this in other South & East Belfast parks. I've also asked for any new entrance on that side to include pedestrian access.

sMYTH BUSTING the Green Party, Pt 3: The Greens don't get the cost of living crisis The working and middle classes are being squeezed, while Stormont shows no ambition or bravery. We want to build a new Green economy, create thousands of jobs/apprenticeships, and end fuel poverty.

Tax wealth. Not work.

sMYTH BUSTING the Green Party, part 2: The Greens want to ban cars. No we don't. We want to strengthen public transport & active travel. Our roads are congested & filled with dirty air. 34% of people in Belfast don't have access to a car. Is this really the best we can do?

sMYTH BUSTING the Green Party, part 2: The Greens want to ban cars. No we don't. We want to strengthen public transport & active travel. Our roads are congested & filled with dirty air. 34% of people in Belfast don't have access to a car. Is this really the best we can do?

sMTYH BUSTING, the Green Party, part 1. The Greens only care about the environment. Well that's not exactly the case, let's talk about Housing.

Pleased and proud to see Belfast City Council seeing Bristol’s pioneering Bristol Nights as a harm reduction model to aspire to ☺️ and props to Cllr Brian Smyth for pushing for it. www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast...

I'm often sent photos of needle finds in the city centre, this from 9am. Which I've reported to be cleaned. Some in BCC want to ignore the issue & for me to be quiet. I'm not going to & I'll get louder, we need an overdose prevention centre: Save lives & build collective safety.

We need a new approach to drug and alcohol misuse in Belfast. We can't ignore rising drug deaths & the impact of zero tolerance policies. Let's make Belfast the first harm reduction city in Ireland, support our night time economy & make this city a model of progressive change.

Positive to see my motion on the installation of a drug waste bin in the city centre supported. This will be an initial trail in one location for 6 months. Its about building collective community safety, reducing the amount of needles discarded & disease. www.irishnews.com/news/drug-ne...

Today I got my tax comparison for 25/26, it estimates I'll pay £1338 more. I'm fine with that, I want our shattered public services rebuilt. Yet I want the rich to pay their fair share, instead of working/middle classes taking the burden the most. Our kids deserve better than a future in poverty.

As thousands of people come into Belfast City Centre to celebrate St Patrick's Day, one of its most important & historic buildings lies left to rot by the failure of private developers. It's time for Assembly Rooms to come into public ownership & save it for future generations.

Dear Castlebrooke, Please sell up and sod off. Yours sincerely The people of Belfast.

Another devastating pollution incident and all the Alliance minister can offer are words that he is concerned. Our rivers and Lough Neagh are dying in open sight and we have a minister who is weak and ineffective in tackling this public health crisis.

JD Vance isn't as smart as he thinks he is and is merely a puppet of the billionaire tech boys.

27 years of Stormont’s toxic spin 
❌ 900 lives prematurely lost yearly
❌ Belfast: UK’s 3rd most polluted city
❌ No Clean Air Strategy We need:
✅ Tough Clean Air Act NOW
✅ Low Emission Zones
✅ Major transport overhaul
✅ Strict pollution fines Air care IS healthcare. #StormontScorecard

Vehicle access to Cherryvale Park is back in place after the damage from the recent storm. Thanks to the efforts of Belfast City Council staff in getting this sorted.