Teamwork: SDLP style
The SDLP has confirmed that their long standing Fermanagh representative Tommy Gallagher will stand again in May's assembly election. The former UTV presenter Fearghal McKinney, who represented the party in the Westminster election, will take on a campaigning and organisational role within the constituency and beyond. The way the party presents it this will be a brilliant example of teamwork. As Fearghal puts it "I believe that Tommy Gallagher's experience married with my ideas and plans for organisation and structures are a winning combination."
So no truth then, to the widespread assumption that the TV personality stood in the Westminster election in the hope/assumption that he would inherit the assembly seat from the 68 year old Mr Gallagher? Tommy is quoted as arguing that "this Assembly has failed many sections of society - young people in general. They are now left with poor job prospects despite the great initiative and enthusiasm they show in developing their own projects." Just to re-iterate: he is talking about young people in general, not Fearghal in particular.
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