Loyalists trying to intimidate SDLP candidates, claims Colum Eastwood

SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood speaks to party members and invited guests during the SDLP Assembly election launch at Culturlann, Falls Road (Liam McBurney/PA)

The leader of the SDLP has warned that loyalists are attempting to intimidate his party’s election candidates across Northern Ireland.

Colum Eastwood expressed concern about the “fraught” nature of the campaign so far, but insisted his colleagues would not be deterred.