# sdlp - Thursday 2 April, 2015
# The Stroke City
# The Stroke City
The Electoral Office has stated that the way electoral forms are completed has always been the same.
# sdlp - Tuesday 30 December, 2014
# 1984 State Papers
# 1984 State Papers
Foreign Affairs Minister Peter Barry didn’t like that Sinn Féin representatives were being listened to.
# sdlp - Monday 24 November, 2014
# Tullycora
# Tullycora
The SDLP are laying down a motion in Stormont.
# sdlp - Tuesday 23 September, 2014
# War Games
# War Games
It’s the largest military exercise in Northern Ireland since the beginning of the troubles
# sdlp - Friday 5 September, 2014
# Legacy Issues
# Legacy Issues
A civilian was also killed in the gunfight which was the biggest single loss of life for the IRA during The Troubles.
# sdlp - Sunday 31 August, 2014
# Shots Fired
# Shots Fired
The incident happened off Shaw’s Road in Belfast at around 8pm last night.
# sdlp - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
# Bomb Scare
# Bomb Scare
The incident happened in Derry early this afternoon.
# sdlp - Monday 28 July, 2014
# Tragedy
# Tragedy
It’s believed the man was trying to swim out to the island to replace them with a Union flag.
# sdlp - Thursday 3 July, 2014
# Orange Order
# Orange Order
They called the talks “fruitless” after a contentious parade in north Belfast was blocked.
# sdlp - Saturday 24 May, 2014
# Election 2014
# Election 2014
They haven’t raced ahead however.
# sdlp - Thursday 22 May, 2014
# Election 14
# Election 14
Haven’t been following the race up North? Here’s a taster.
# sdlp - Wednesday 30 April, 2014
# Gay Marriage
# Gay Marriage
Northern Ireland is now the only part of the UK which has not passed a law to introduce same sex marriage.
# sdlp - Friday 28 February, 2014
# War Of Words
# War Of Words
Martin McGuinness disagrees saying that if the DUP’s outbusts are about appeasing hardline unionists and electioneering.
# sdlp - Sunday 19 January, 2014
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The Tánaiste says there may be a joint intervention by the Irish and British Governments if parties are unable to make progress.
# sdlp - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
# Haass Talks
# Haass Talks
The leaders of the five main Northern Ireland parties held talks yesterday to discuss the fallout from Haass, and have agreed to a further meeting next week.
# sdlp - Thursday 9 January, 2014
# Compromise
# Compromise
The vice-chair of recent talks told RTÉ’s Prime Time that some parties are continuing to focus on the parts of the deal they disagree with.
# sdlp - Tuesday 31 December, 2013
# No Deal
# No Deal
Sinn Féin says that the proposals ‘did provide a basis for agreement’ while the DUP wants more time to consider areas of ‘profound disapproval’.
# sdlp - Saturday 28 December, 2013
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The US diplomat is back for “one final effort” to reach agreement on some of the most contentious outstanding issues of the peace process.
# sdlp - Monday 23 December, 2013
# Peace Process
# Peace Process
“It’s going to be an interesting night,” the US diplomat told reporters, as he arrived at Belfast’s Stormont Hotel.
# sdlp - Monday 11 November, 2013
# RIP
# RIP
McGrady, who passed away today, was one of the founding members of the SDLP.
# sdlp - Wednesday 4 September, 2013
# Conall McDevitt
# Conall McDevitt
Dublin-born Conall McDevitt is to quit politics with immediate effect after failing to declare earnings from a PR company.
# sdlp - Wednesday 24 July, 2013
# Belfast
# Belfast
The order has vowed to stage a protest at the location every weekend until it is allowed complete its ‘July Twelfth’ parade.
# sdlp - Thursday 18 July, 2013
# North Belfast
# North Belfast
In a decision announced this evening, the Commission said it had received no representations from unionists ahead of Saturday’s march.
# sdlp - Tuesday 4 June, 2013
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The law was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly last night.
# sdlp - Tuesday 30 April, 2013
# Civil Marriage
# Civil Marriage
MLAs voted 53 to 42 against a motion which called on the Northern executive to allow civil marriage for same-sex couples.
# sdlp - Thursday 7 March, 2013
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
A by-election is being held to fill the Westminster seat vacated by the Sinn Féin MLA last December.
# sdlp - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
# Threat
# Threat
The SDLP has condemned the death threat, with Conall McDevitt saying it will not prevent him from doing the job he has been elected to do.
# sdlp - Monday 4 March, 2013
# Derry
# Derry
Police in Northern Ireland found a suspicious object after intercepting a van in Derry last night.
# sdlp - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
# Flag Protests
# Flag Protests
Earlier today the Chief Constable of the PSNI said that marches and protests in Northern Ireland which do not notify the Parades Commission “must now come to an end”.
# sdlp - Monday 7 January, 2013
# Flags
# Flags
A 9mm bullet and a sympathy card containing the name and photograph of the SDLP MLA were intercepted at a sorting office.
# sdlp - Sunday 6 January, 2013
# Flags
# Flags
The head of the Police Federation of Northern Ireland said loyalist paramilitaries have hijacked the flags protests and are using “any excuse” to attack the police.
# sdlp - Monday 3 December, 2012
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The city council has voted to restrict the flying of the Union flag to 15 days during the year. It has previously flown all year round.
# sdlp - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Gay Marriage
# Gay Marriage
The nationalist parties and three UUP members backed the motion, which was opposed by the two main unionist parties.
# sdlp - Friday 6 July, 2012
# Sir Hume We Presume
# Sir Hume We Presume
Derry Man becomes member of the Order of St. Gregory. But why does the Pope award knighthoods?
# sdlp - Saturday 5 November, 2011
# SDLp
# SDLp
McDonnell’s victory over his three opponents was announced at the party’s annual conference in Belfast today.
# sdlp - Tuesday 13 September, 2011
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The number of constituencies in Northern Ireland will fall from 18 to 16 by 2015, according to the Boundary Commission’s new proposals.
# sdlp - Friday 19 August, 2011
# Lillis
# Lillis
The former IRA member’s partner has told of her joy after Mr Lillis, who is seriously ill, was released in the North.
# sdlp - Friday 17 June, 2011
# Your Say
# Your Say
A new poll in Northern Ireland has shown that a majority of Catholics want to remain in the UK. What do you think?
# United Ireland?
# United Ireland?
More than half would now prefer to remain part of the UK – double the previous figure before the Republic’s economic crisis hit home.
# sdlp - Monday 16 May, 2011
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
Six of the ministries in the Northern Ireland Executive change party hands, as the DUP and Sinn Féin retain the prize positions.
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