Former Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister and deputy leader of the SDLP Seamus Mallon has died aged 83.

Senior figures from Northern Ireland’s political parties have clashed over Brexit and representation at Westminster just days before voters are due to go to the polls.

Legislation provides that in order to stand for election, the candidate must list their home address on the nomination form.

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has criticised Fianna Fáil's recent partnership with the SDLP during a trip to Belfast.

The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) has voted 'decisively' in favour of a partnership with Fianna Fáil.

SDLP members will gather in Newry today to vote on whether the party should link up with Fianna Fáil.

A full merger between the two parties had been suggested but will not go ahead for now.

Fianna Fáil and the SDLP are expected to announce an official partnership later today.

Fianna Fáil and the SDLP are set to announce a joint partnership this week which will see parties both sides of the border working together.

The SDLP has said reports the party could make way for Fianna Fail in Northern Ireland are speculation.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have not ruled out the possibility of entering into an anti-Brexit electoral pact.

Theresa May has thrown a "grenade into the middle" of the Northern Ireland peace process, the leader of the SDLP has claimed.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will hold talks with the SDLP this morning in a bid to save the Stormont Assembly.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny will today meet the SDLP in a bid to prevent the collapse of the North’s power-sharing executive.

Gerry Adams has accused the SDLP of a “monumental blunder” in spurning a nationalist general election pact.

The SDLP has ruled out a nationalist electoral pact with Sinn Fein in Northern Ireland during the general election.

SDLP leader Mark Durkan told his party's annual conference in Armagh today that it should be ready to make new political allegiances across the border.

The SDLP today launched its proposals for achieving a United Ireland within the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

South Belfast GP Alasdair McDonnell was today elected the new deputy leader of the nationalist SDLP in Northern Ireland.

The outgoing deputy leader of the SDLP, Brid Rodgers, says the Good Friday Agreement hasn't failed, but rather those who were meant to implement it in full have failed.

The British government must be compelled to deliver on its promise to implement the findings of a report into four controversial killings in the North, the brother of one of the victims claimed today.

The SDLP leader, Mark Durkan, has admitted in his speech to the party’s annual conference today that last November’s assembly election was tough and difficult.

The continued existence of paramilitaries in Northern Ireland needs to be addressed if the deadlock over devolution is to be broken, nationalist SDLP leader Mark Durkan claimed today.

European Parliament president Pat Cox today paid tribute to John Hume as an outstanding politician.

Former SDLP leader John Hume has announced at a press conference in Belfast that he is to stand down as an MEP at the June elections.

Belfast Lord Mayor Martin Morgan has emerged as the early favourite to stand for the SDLP in the European elections next June.

Former SDLP leader John Hume is expected to stand down as a Euro MP at a press conference in Belfast today.

A councillor in Northern Ireland today became the first member of his party to switch allegiance to Sinn Féin after the Assembly election.

The SDLP leader, Mark Durkan, says he doesn't believe an inquiry into allegations of an IRA "spy ring" at Stormont is justified or would serve a useful purpose.

The SDLP has said it remains concerned about the continuing police investigation into alleged IRA spying in Stormont.

The SDLP leader has heavily criticised both republican and unionist circles for disrupting the political process in the North.

SDLP leader Mark Durkan was today expected to step up demands for the Irish and British governments to involve everyone who created the Good Friday Agreement in an effort to bring back devolution to Northern Ireland.

More criticism of republicans and unionists for creating crisis in the peace process is expected at the annual SDLP conference in Antrim today.