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The '''Social Democratic and Labour Party''' ('''SDLP''') is a constitutional nationalist political party of [[Northern Ireland]] and for most of the post-war period was the main party of the nationalist ([[Catholic]]) population. Although the SDLP has as one aim, a united [[Ireland]], it has maintained a principled opposition to the use of [[terrorist]] violence to achieve political ends, and its activists and supporters have suffered violence and intimidation by the [[IRA]] and [[Sinn Fein]]. | The '''Social Democratic and Labour Party''' ('''SDLP''') is a constitutional nationalist political party of [[Northern Ireland]] and for most of the post-war period was the main party of the nationalist ([[Catholic]]) population. Although the SDLP has as one aim, a united [[Ireland]], it has maintained a principled opposition to the use of [[terrorist]] violence to achieve political ends, and its activists and supporters have suffered violence and intimidation by the [[IRA]] and [[Sinn Fein]]. | ||
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Revision as of 15:38, February 3, 2008
The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) is a constitutional nationalist political party of Northern Ireland and for most of the post-war period was the main party of the nationalist (Catholic) population. Although the SDLP has as one aim, a united Ireland, it has maintained a principled opposition to the use of terrorist violence to achieve political ends, and its activists and supporters have suffered violence and intimidation by the IRA and Sinn Fein.