THERE are mixed views within SDLP members in Fermanagh with newly re-elected MP, Alasdair McDonnell insisting on holding on to the leadership despite the fact he will be giving up his seat in the Assembly and spending more time at Westminster.
Defeated Gildernew doesn’t rule out standing in 2016 Assembly elections
Defeated Westminster candidate Michelle Gildernew will remain a Sinn Fein activist and has no plans on saying goodbye to politics just yet.
SDLP voters are ‘asses’, says Sinn Fein councillor
The Facebook status posted by Sinn Fein councillor Barry Doherty in the aftermath of last week’s election, put the blame on the SDLP for Michelle Gildernew’s Westminster defeat, and has been described as a ‘disgrace’ by SDLP MLA Fearghal McKinney.
ANALYSIS: Gildernew loss part of bigger picture as parties struggle to ‘get the vote out’
Getting the vote out isn’t the dead cert that it used to be and Maurice Kennedy reckons the parties will need to shape up quickly if they’re to stay in touch with young people incresingly turned off tribal politics…
Updated: Tom Elliott unseats Michelle Gildernew
Agreed unionist Tom Elliott has succeeded in his bid to unseat Sinn Fein candidate Michelle Gildernew.
Gildernew dismisses Unionist rival as a ‘dinosaur’
MICHELLE Gildernew has labelled agreed unionist candidate Tom Elliott a “dinosaur” and “desperate” following comments he made during an unionist rally in which he accused the Sinn Fein MP of doing nothing for Fermanagh. The UUP candidate was speaking at the rally in Kesh which was attended by DUP Minster, Arlene Foster and chaired by […]
Mairia Cahill calls Gildernew “insulting” over abuse comments
An alleged IRA rape victim and former friend of Michelle Gildernew has launched a scathing attack against the MP
Gildernew warns Orange Order getting the vote out for Elliott
MICHELLE GILDERNEW is warning voters that every last vote counts and claims the turnout within unionism will be higher in this year’s general election because, she claims, the Orange Order is playing a key role in mobilising support for her main rival, the UUP’s Tom Elliott.
Too young to vote, but well able to put it up to the election candidates
Under-18s won’t get a chance to choose our MP, but they were certainly up to the task of grilling the candidates, writes Gareth McKeown
Never say never: Gildernew hints at change in Sinn Fein opposition to taking seat
THE Sinn Fein MP For Fermanagh and South Tyrone has not ruled taking her Westminster seat in the future, claiming “never say never”.