# SDLp

All time

'Time to fish or cut bait': Haass talks recommence, with Monday set as deadline

The US diplomat is back for “one final effort” to reach agreement on some of the most contentious outstanding issues of the peace process.

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Dec 28th 2013, 3:24 PM

# Peace Process

Haass talks with NI parties expected to last well into night

“It’s going to be an interesting night,” the US diplomat told reporters, as he arrived at Belfast’s Stormont Hotel.

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Dec 23rd 2013, 10:28 PM

# RIP

Tributes paid to SDLP's Eddie McGrady

McGrady, who passed away today, was one of the founding members of the SDLP.

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Nov 11th 2013, 7:40 PM

# Conall McDevitt

"It was a really stupid thing"... SDLP politician quits after payments scandal

Dublin-born Conall McDevitt is to quit politics with immediate effect after failing to declare earnings from a PR company.

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Sep 4th 2013, 10:15 PM

# Belfast

Orange Order parades banned from passing Ardoyne shopfronts

The order has vowed to stage a protest at the location every weekend until it is allowed complete its ‘July Twelfth’ parade.

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Jul 24th 2013, 8:45 AM

# North Belfast

Parades Commission tells Orange Order: You can't march through Ardoyne

In a decision announced this evening, the Commission said it had received no representations from unionists ahead of Saturday’s march.

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Jul 18th 2013, 8:28 PM

# Northern Ireland

New law means people with serious convictions can't become political advisors

The law was passed by the Northern Ireland Assembly last night.

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Jun 4th 2013, 7:57 AM

# civil marriage

Northern Ireland Assembly votes against calls for same-sex marriage

MLAs voted 53 to 42 against a motion which called on the Northern executive to allow civil marriage for same-sex couples.

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Apr 30th 2013, 12:27 PM

# Northern Ireland

Polls open in Mid-Ulster to fill seat vacated by Martin McGuinness

A by-election is being held to fill the Westminster seat vacated by the Sinn Féin MLA last December.

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Mar 7th 2013, 9:04 AM

# Threat

Bullet and sympathy card sent in post to SDLP member

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.

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Mar 6th 2013, 11:06 PM

# Derry

MP condemns those who "want Derry to be a theatre for destruction"

Police in Northern Ireland found a suspicious object after intercepting a van in Derry last night.

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Mar 4th 2013, 3:44 PM

# Flag Protests

SDLP calls on police in Northern Ireland to "assert the rule of law" over 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”.

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Feb 26th 2013, 5:18 PM

# Flags

Condemnation as journalist and SDLP politician sent bullet in the post

A 9mm bullet and a sympathy card containing the name and photograph of the SDLP MLA were intercepted at a sorting office.

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Jan 7th 2013, 12:59 PM

# Flags

Belfast violence is being "orchestrated by loyalist paramilitaries"

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.

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Jan 6th 2013, 1:05 PM

# Northern Ireland

Pics: Protests in Belfast as council votes to restrict flying of Union flag

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.

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Dec 3rd 2012, 9:18 PM

# Gay Marriage

Northern Ireland assembly rejects motion calling for same-sex marriage

The nationalist parties and three UUP members backed the motion, which was opposed by the two main unionist parties.

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Oct 2nd 2012, 9:21 AM

# Sir Hume we presume

John Hume awarded knighthood by Pope

Derry Man becomes member of the Order of St. Gregory. But why does the Pope award knighthoods?

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Jul 6th 2012, 8:13 AM

# SDLp

Alasdair McDonnell elected as new SDLP leader

McDonnell’s victory over his three opponents was announced at the party’s annual conference in Belfast today.

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Nov 5th 2011, 6:58 PM

# Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland to lose 2 MPs as new electoral boundaries revealed

The number of constituencies in Northern Ireland will fall from 18 to 16 by 2015, according to the Boundary Commission’s new proposals.

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Sep 13th 2011, 9:30 AM

# Lillis

Republican prisoner Brendan Lillis set free from prison

The former IRA member’s partner has told of her joy after Mr Lillis, who is seriously ill, was released in the North.

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Aug 19th 2011, 8:33 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Should there be a united Ireland?

A new poll in Northern Ireland has shown that a majority of Catholics want to remain in the UK. What do you think?

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Jun 17th 2011, 9:59 AM

# United Ireland?

Waning support for united Ireland among Northern Catholics

More than half would now prefer to remain part of the UK – double the previous figure before the Republic’s economic crisis hit home.

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Jun 17th 2011, 9:10 AM

# Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's new ministers confirmed in Stormont

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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May 16th 2011, 3:57 PM

# Northern assembly

All 108 Northern assembly seats filled as UUP leader labels Sinn Féin as 'scum'

Negotiations to form an executive are expected to get underway as the Ulster Unionist Party leader comes under fire for comments about Sinn Féin at a count centre.

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May 8th 2011, 9:59 AM