SDLP councillor Paul Doherty resigns after party stance on Bobby Sands statue

An SDLP councillor has resigned from the party over their handling of the Bobby Sands statue row (Brian Lawless/PA)

An SDLP councillor has resigned from the party over their handling of the Bobby Sands statue row.

Paul Doherty, who served as deputy lord mayor of Belfast, and is a councillor for west Belfast, said he knows the statue of the IRA hunger striker “holds real significance”.