.brendanhughes64: 'Some party figures would groan at the media asking questions about the cross-border alliance ever since it was announced to much fanfare but never seemed to materialise.'
There was always an element of embarrassment within the SDLP over its formal partnership with Fianna Fáil.
Mr Eastwood told the meeting at Belfast's Clayton Hotel that the SDLP must move forward "standing on its own two feet", sources told the Belfast Telegraph. It drew comparisons with the convoluted compromise on abortion reached the previous year, in which the SDLP agreed to retain a "pro-life" stance but allow members a free vote.
Get the latest politics news and analysis in your inbox Want the biggest political stories sent straight to you? When the agreement was eventually announced, it fell well short of the months of speculation about the potential of a full merger.
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