The Latest Breaking News from SDLP

Concern over 'potential poisoning incidents' at Co Tyrone forest after deaths of three dogs

It has been reported that cocktail sausages were dipped in anti-freeze

Belfast Live · Feb 18, 2023

Rishi Sunak: 'More work to do' on reaching Brexit NI Protocol deal

The Prime Minister stressed that "we have not got a deal yet" as expectations grow that a resolution could be close

Belfast Live · Feb 17, 2023

Northern Ireland protocol: What today means and what is likely to happen next with Brexit

Rishi Sunak in Belfast as trade negotiations advance

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Former SDLP MLA Pat Catney to stand in NI council elections

"My reasons are just to make the place where we live a better place. Maybe that sounds old fashioned"

Belfast Live · Feb 1, 2023

DUP urges Sinn Fein to explain £4m rates exemption for student apartment blocks

It follows concerns that an unresolved tax "loophole" means some student accommodation blocks do not pay rates

Belfast Live · Jan 31, 2023

Protocol deal ‘bound to fail’ if it does not address unionist concerns

DUP MP Gavin Robinson also dismissed the suggestion that powersharing rules could be changed to override his party’s veto on forming an executive.

The Independent UK · Jan 24, 2023

DUP's Sammy Wilson one of just two non-Tory MPs to back new law to restrict strikes

The bill would require "minimum service levels" during public sector strikes, but trade unions have condemned the plan

Belfast Live · Jan 18, 2023

Exclusion of party leaders from NI protocol meetings must end – McDonald

The row over Mary Lou McDonald’s exclusion from a meeting this week has overshadowed talks on the protocol and Stormont crisis.

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023

SDLP to propose speaker election amendment in bid to restore Assembly sittings

The party said the procedural change would ‘end the one-party veto that has frustrated the democratic wishes of the people of Northern Ireland’.

The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2023

Belfast fuel hardship fund row continues at City Hall

Councillor says "The ones who will be overlooked will be the elderly, the isolated, the vulnerable, those with learning difficulties"

Belfast Live · Jan 10, 2023