Rodgers to stand down from NI Assembly

Stormont agriculture minister Brid Rodgers is to stand down from the Northern Ireland Assembly at the next election, she announced today.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2002 - 11:34

Stormont agriculture minister Brid Rodgers is to stand down from the Northern Ireland Assembly at the next election, she announced today.

The nationalist SDLP deputy leader said she would not be seeking her party’s nomination to run for the Assembly next May in her Upper Bann constituency.

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Courts Heathrow Place: Upper Bann Place: Northern Ireland Person: Rodgers Person: Brid Rodgers Organisation: NI Assembly Organisation: Stormont Organisation: Northern Ireland Assembly Organisation: SDLP Organisation: European Union

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