Social Democrats won’t make Stephen Donnelly sole leader

The Social Democrats will not appoint Stephen Donnelly as its leader, despite his strong performance during the leader’s TV debate on Monday night.

Catherine Murphy

That is according to Roisin Shortall, who is joint leader with Mr Donnelly and Catherine Murphy of the new party.

The former Labour Party stalwart said the new party, launched last July, got a boost from a great performance by fellow joint leader, Stephen Donnelly. But she said there was no plan to change the system of sharing the leadership between the three of them.