Ritchie needs unionist support to see off Ruane and keep Sinn Féin out

SOUTH DOWN:This is the only contest in the North where the two main competitors are women, writes GERRY MORIARTYNorthern Editor

THE MAIN reason the SDLP cited for rejecting a pact with Sinn Féin over Fermanagh-South Tyrone and South Belfast was that it would be an act of “sectarianism and tribalism”. Another big reason is South Down.

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