SDLP to press for referendum on a united Ireland

THE SDLP will seek a referendum on a united Ireland within the lifetime of the next Assembly, the party vowed yesterday.

Mark Durkan’s party said in its 33-page Northern Ireland Assembly Election manifesto it would press for a date for a referendum in the forthcoming review of the Good Friday Agreement.

Mr Durkan said the SDLP was “a progressive social democratic party” determined to tackle “conflict, division and poverty” and “deliver peace, equality and justice”.