Matthew O'Toole

I can't do justice to this beautiful essay in a tweet. Read it.

These criticisms may well be true, but they are immeasurably truer of the Government Mary Lou's party leads in the north. Northerners are expected to live with abysmal levels of governance and be grateful for it. Would never wash down the road.

Human beings. Beyond words

A 20 year old souvenir of the 2005 Open where a 22 year old me was a marshal on the grandstand by the Road Hole at St Andrews. Then at night I worked in a long gone Irish pub. Who knows where the time goes.

‘Last month Sinn Féin joined with the UUP and TUV to support a DUP motion calling on agriculture minister Andrew Muir to halt the consultation into his department’s Nutrients Action Programme (NAP).Many of the proposals in the NAP are ….designed to save the waterway.’

This is what I had feared when I first raised concerns about the pausing of eel fishing back in May We in @SDLPlive will continue to seek compensation for our fishermen.

A reminder: the First Minister repeatedly went to the lough shore to promise action but so far her Executive has done next to nothing to address the crisis at Lough Neagh. Her party even voted with the DUP and TUV to block action on agricultural pollution. Spoofing the public.

Unacceptable that NIEA and @daera_ni continue to buck pass and avoid public statements about asbestos at the Donegall Road site. They were silent until hours before the bonfire and are silent again now. My letter to Minister Muir has not been answered, so I wrote again today.

Tommy was a wonderful colleague who put the needs of the people of Fermanagh first. Proud of his deep GAA connections. Deepest sympathies to Eileen & family. May Tommy Rest In Peace @ColinSDLP

Truly sorry to hear of Tommy Gallagher's passing. A gentleman who lived the values of the SDLP, championing peace and reconciliation in the darkest days. Also a proud Fermanagh man, who left his mark on the GAA and the many lives he touched as an educator. RIP Tommy

Leadership from Cricket Ireland and the NCU. Carson played hurling, De Valera preferred rugby and the only Nobel Prize winner to play first class cricket was a Protestant Irishman educated in Fermanagh. Maybe they knew something that others are still struggling with in 2025.

🚨🗣NEW: Cancellation of cross-community sports club with GAA branded 'sectarianism, bigotry, and nonsense.' 🎤Chief Reporter @jamesgould23 speaks to @SDLPlive Stormont Opposition Leader @MatthewOToole2. 🏐North Down Cricket Club in Comber had planned to host a cross-community…

SDLP Leader @ClaireHanna MP & Foyle MP @columeastwood have nominated Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, for the Nobel Peace Prize, recognising her fearless voice for Palestinian civilians and demand for justice.

Pathetically short sighted and bigoted. Forcing children to live on Ulster's narrow ground lest they enjoy - God forbid - holding both a hurl and a cricket bat. We are inching towards a more shared future, and some people are petrified of it.

Just over two weeks to go! Join us at Breastival in the Park for an amazing free day of fun, celebration, exhibitors, music, food and dancing! Hope to see you there! #WorldBreastfeedingWeek

To constituents celebrating the Twelfth, warm wishes and enjoy yourself but most importantly, from someone who knows: wear sunscreen! 🌞

Why wasn't this warning given weeks, months or even days ago? Until yesterday, the apparent position of the agency and Minister was that this bonfire was fine with mitigations. Our party was condemned for asking questions - perhaps others should have done so too.

Heading to Oasis concert tonight in Heaton Park, Manchester. Haven’t been this excited since the DJ Magiggs/Chevys double header at Leitrim Festival 2001.

A dispiriting week but the core point I and my colleagues have made is not about identity or culture. There is a public health risk from the bonfire at the Village. Please don't put yourself at risk to spite us, or to vindicate some big mouth attention seeker.