SDLP leader slams 'shameful' government tactics

Irish and British government proposals aiming to break the deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process were in parts “nothing short of shameful”, SDLP leader Mark Durkan claimed today.

Government proposals aiming to break the deadlock in the Northern Ireland peace process were in parts “nothing short of shameful”, SDLP leader Mark Durkan claimed today.

He warned all political parties not to lose sight of the real issues at stake by focusing solely on the clash over photographic evidence of IRA decommissioning.