SDLP
Dissident linked loan sharks forcing victims to store weapons: claim
SDLP MP Colum Eastwood has warned that loan sharks linked to dissident republicans in Derry have victims to store weapons and, on one occasion, even to hand over a car when they were unable to re-pay money owed.
Republic’s new government should begin planning for united Ireland, says Colum Eastwood
The former SDLP leader Mr Eastwood said conversations about a unity referendum had “moved to a different level” since Brexit.
Ambulance wait deaths in Northern Ireland treble in five years
Shocking figures show 50 people died while waiting for an ambulance in 2023/24, up from 16 in 2021/22
DUP and Sinn Féin’s contempt for Stormont reform leaves us stuck with lowest common denominator politics: Newton Emerson
A look back at the week that was
Motion on ‘unified fare structure’ for cross-border train services to be brought before Assembly
The motion comes following a report from the Irish News which showed that the price of a single train ticket from Dundalk to Belfast was more than double the price of a single ticket from Newry to Belfast - despite it being a shorter journey
‘Give derelict Tribeca Belfast site back to community’ motion urges
SDLP calls for creation of Laganside-style development corporation to help resuscitate derelict urban regeneration scheme
Call for north to have European Parliament representation as MLAs to debate EU relations
Motion comes ahead of Stormont vote on post-Brexit trading arrangements
Sinn Féin MP and former nurses’ leader Pat Cullen says ‘14 years of austerity’ cannot be reversed under one budget
Pat Cullen is ‘hopeful’ new strikes can be avoided
Irish News columnist Tom Kelly answers your questions
Sinn Féin’s electoral chances, the future of the SDLP and RTÉ geo-blocking all came up