SDLP select election candidates

Northern Ireland’s moderate nationalist SDLP tonight selected four candidates to contest the Foyle constituency in the assembly election – just hours after it emerged a former IRA hunger striker could stand as a Sinn Fein candidate in the constituency.

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Mark Durkan and assembly members John Tierney and Annie Courtney will be joined on the SDLP ticket in the next Stormont election by former Mayor of Derry Pat Ramsey.