Celebrating the journey we travel together & exciting new chapter! So grateful for the friendship & support 🙌🥂❤️

A quick escape before the next adventure begins! So blessed to have Robert to share the journey ☀️😎🥂❤️

As Colum Eastwood prepares to pass on the baton of leadership, I wish him well. He’ll continue to champion Foyle in Westminster and as before, we will work together on mutually benefitting Northern Ireland.

Politics is never frozen in a moment of time. The new challenge is always the next challenge. Thank you, @ColumEastwood.

Politics is always about the next challenge. The next challenge for me is building a new Ireland that we can all share together. It’s an honour to be Derry’s MP - a job I love, to have led the SDLP and I’m excited about what comes next.

Colum Eastwood has put in a heck of a shift, leading the SDLP through 10 elections in 9 years! As a friend & colleague I’ve seen the relentless challenges he’s navigated. He’ll continue to be a passionate & skilled MP for Derry with a mega role to play in shaping the new Ireland

I would like to wish Colum Eastwood well as he announces his resignation as leader of the SDLP. Colum has served with distinction and has been a progressive, responsible and pragmatic voice on all issues, but especially the challenging ones. My full statement:

Northern Ireland’s once-dominant parties fight to win back voters ft.com/content/9f3a6c… via @ft

Statement by President Higgins following stepping down of Colum Eastwood as leader of the SDLP president.ie/en/media-libra…

.Claire Hanna would make an outstanding leader of The SDLP - passionate, principled and boundless positivity! She inspired me into politics - Claire has been an inspiration to me & many others. A privilege to work with & proud to have as a treasured friend. Go for it Claire 🙌

Congratulations Mike Nesbitt - a leader committed to building a reconciled future for all who call NI home. We may come from different political traditions, but I know you seek to build politics founded on mutual respect. I truly wish you every success in your role.

Getting in the mood! #oasis #dublin #2025 I remember queuing outside Virgin Megastore in Belfast in 1997 to buy their Be Here Now album! 🙌😎

Happy birthday Van Morrison 🎂 Artist, genius, musician, bard. Thank you for the gift of your music. Thank you for your friendship & inspiration - for our shared love of home. We’ve had some amazing adventures, with many more to come! #KeepErLit

Thank you for a magical week in beautiful Mallorca! 🥂☀️😎❤️

I’ll be putting my name forward as leader of the SDLP. Statement here :

She's running... and she is absolutely brilliant. A friend, the person who recruited me into politics and the person who most embodies the reconciled new Ireland I want to live in.

An outstanding MP, a first class organiser and a good friend. Claire will be an inspiring leader and I know she’s committed to the progressive platform that the SDLP represents. She has my full support to be the next SDLP Leader.

An experience I’ll never forget! Wow! #Coldplay Coldplay 🙌❤️