Laois manager gets nod from SDLP predecessor to challenge SF seat
THE SDLP assembly member who contested the last two Westminster elections in Newry and Armagh has pledged his "full support" for All-Ireland winning footballer Justin McNulty. Dominic Bradley was speaking as it was confirmed the former Armagh player and Laois manager has lodged nomination papers with the party ahead of a selection convention next week. The Irish News revealed yesterday how the 39-year-old has been earmarked by the SDLP to attempt to overturn a Sinn Féin majority of 8,000-plus in the May election. The party's former deputy leader Seamus Mallon held the seat for a[...]
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