Future of SDLP Fianna Fáil alliance unclear

The SDLP did not respond to queries on whether the formal alliance between the SDLP and Fianna Fáil remained.

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood said that he had undertaken the alliance with Fianna Fáil because his party was "dying" and noted they had no MPs, and were struggling in the polls.

The future of the SDLP and Fianna Fáil alliance remains unclear as Colum Eastwood denies telling members of the Irish Labour Party it was being "reversed."

Labour sources present during a plenary meeting between the respective UK Labour parties and the SDLP during the British Labour Party conference in September have told the Irish Examiner that SDLP leader Colum Eastwood appeared to downplay the arrangement between his party and Fianna Fáil when challenged by Labour leader Alan Kelly.