SDLP faces a gruelling test
A dramatic move by the IRA before polling day could put the SDLP under huge pressure to hold its seats
The oft-quoted response of former British prime minister Harold MacMillan when asked what he feared most as a politician must be echoing in Mark Durkan's head this weekend.
“Events, dear boy. Events,” encapsulates the SDLP leader's quandary as he faces into a gruelling four-week election campaign to salvage his party's fortunes. Events have certainly been kind to the beleaguered Durkan in recent months. The stg£26.5 million Northern Bank heist in December, widely attributed ...
