Rural Life
%%excerpt%% A woman from a Laois farming background was announced as one of two SDLP candidates at the party's virtual convention to run in next May's election.
N.Ireland
SDLP MLAs have called for action on Northern Ireland’s forests after a Woodland Trust report warned the UK's forests are at "crisis point".
Northern Ireland's Infrastructure Minister has led calls for now for an emergency Executive meeting following the Agriculture Minister's decision to halt progress on customs facilities.
SDLP MLA Dolores Kelly has launched a public consultation on proposals to introduce legally-binding targets to tackle biodiversity loss in Northern Ireland.
SDLP rural affairs spokesman Patsy McGlone has said that farm labour issues emphasise the "havoc" that Brexit will bring to rural areas.