SDLP’S OWN GOAL

Date: May 7, 2026 - Northwind

Bobby Sands

Bobby Sands


The SDLP in Belfast shot itself in the foot last month. The wound may turn out to be terminal for the party in west Belfast. SDLP councillors abstained on a DUP motion to have the council reconsider its decision that it was “not expedient” to require planning permission for a Bobby Sands statue in Twinbrook…. Read more »

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