# Colum Eastwood

This year

2023

# bbc ni

BBC journalists set to strike on first day of election count in Northern Ireland

The move by the National Union of Journalists is in response to cutbacks at Radio Foyle.

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May 12th 2023, 5:29 PM

# burgernomics

'Not a paradise': DUP MP points to cost of a Big Mac when SDLP leader calls for United Ireland

‘Anyone who wants a Big Mac – I am not a fan; I do not buy them—will have to pay £2 more in the Republic of Ireland than they will in Northern Ireland’.

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May 11th 2023, 3:48 PM

# windsor framework

SDLP may abstain on 'Stormont brake' vote, with Colum Eastwood saying it 'muddies the water'

The brake would allow a minority of MLAs at Stormont to formally flag concerns about the imposition of new EU laws in Northern Ireland.

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Mar 21st 2023, 11:04 AM

Last year

2022

# Northern Ireland

PSNI investigates SDLP billboard damage in 'incredibly nasty election campaign’

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood claims “loyalist paramilitaries are manipulating young people to attack SDLP posters and billboards”.

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Apr 30th 2022, 5:29 PM

# Stormont Election

Colum Eastwood: 'If you're frustrated and angry, come out and vote for something different'

“I think if people do that, we can see a real change at Stormont,” the SDLP leader said.

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Apr 24th 2022, 3:13 PM

# 50TH ANNIVERSARY

'A terrible atrocity': Thousands attend Bloody Sunday memorial to remember victims

Several events are taking place in Derry to commemorate victims on the 50th anniversary of the massacre.

Relatives of those killed and injured on Bloody Sunday attended a remembrance walk to honour those who died

Micheál Martin took part in the remembrance walk and laid a wreath at a ceremony held afterwards

President Higgins will later say the tragic events of 50 years ago today "reverberated across this island and around the world"

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Jan 30th 2022, 7:33 PM

# 50 Years On

SDLP's Colum Eastwood calls on Parachute Regiment to apologise for Bloody Sunday

This weekend marks; the 50th anniversary of the massacre.

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Jan 26th 2022, 12:47 PM

All time

# Colum Eastwood

SDLP leader received death threats after naming Soldier F

Colum Eastwood used parliamentary privilege to name the veteran who cannot be named for legal reasons.

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Jul 16th 2021, 7:17 PM

# Simon Coveney

Coveney says calls to scrap Northern Ireland protocol are unrealistic

Coveney did admit however that there have been issues with the implementation of the protocol.

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Feb 7th 2021, 3:57 PM

# Northern Ireland

'Brexit is the biggest show in town': The SDLP is banking on Brexit delivering election success in 2019

The party currently has no MPs and wants to change that in a few months time.

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Sep 15th 2019, 10:00 PM

# mairia cahill

Máiría Cahill drops out of local elections following safety fears over her address

Cahill filed a restraining order to protect herself in the past, and now worries for the safety of herself and her young daughter if her address was to be released.

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Apr 5th 2019, 3:34 PM

# more than words

Sinn Féin accused of 'getting desperate' by tweeting edited version of SDLP leader's speech

Colum Eastwood has said that Sinn Féin wasn’t being truthful.

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Feb 28th 2019, 10:50 PM

# Powersharing

NI meeting dubbed a 'waste of time' but Bradley says getting Stormont on its feet isn't about 'soundbites'

The British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference took place in Dublin today.

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Nov 2nd 2018, 6:34 PM