FF and the SDLP – merger or takeover?

Former deputy leader Seamus Mallon voices concern

Last year, Micheál Martin was presented with a blueprint for how a merger of Fianna Fáil and the SDLP might work. Since then, officials from the two parties have held talks on a number of occasions about how they might work more closely together in future elections.

Everything is being considered, from no cooperation at all to a full-scale merger of the two parties. There are two reasons why a merger now appears ...