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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The '''Social Democratic and Labour Party''' ('''SDLP''') is a constitutional nationalist political party of [[Northern Ireland]] and for most of the period since its foundation in 1970 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 current leader of the SDLP is Mark Durkan, [[MP]] for the Foyle constituency.
The current leader of the SDLP is Mark Durkan, [[MP]] for the Foyle constituency.