Colum Eastwood rules out SDLP merger with Ivana Bacik and Labour Party

At her party conference in Cork on Saturday, Ms Bacik said: “Working with our sister party, the SDLP, we want to deliver on our shared ambition to achieve a social democratic vision, across 32 counties

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood. File Picture: Oliver McVeigh/PA

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has “ruled out” a merger with the Irish Labour Party.

“We’re not doing mergers with anybody, the SDLP is standing on its own two feet,” he said.