SF: SDLP should join our push for Dáil rights

The SDLP was today urged to join forces with Sinn Féin to press for the North's MPs to have speaking rights in the Dáil.

Sinn Féin chief negotiator Martin McGuinness issued the appeal to SDLP leader Mark Durkan a day after Taoiseach Bertie Ahern was accused of watering down such a proposal.