RIMPASTO NEL SDLP. EASTWOOD RIMOSSO DAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE
Colum Eastwood moved in SDLP Stormont reshuffle (BBC News Northern Ireland)
The SDLP’s Colum Eastwood has been replaced on the Stormont justice committee by the Mid-Ulster assembly member, Patsy McGlone.
Mr Eastwood was at the centre of controversy last week over his attendance at the paramilitary-style funeral of a friend.
A colour party fired shots over Seamus Coyle’s coffin on Tuesday. Mr Eastwood said he was not there then.
It has emerged that party colleague, Mark H Durkan, was also at the funeral.
A party spokesperson told the BBC on Sunday that both assembly members had attended in a “personal capacity”.
Last week, Mr Eastwood, a former mayor of Derry, said he would do the same thing again.
Mr Eastwood’s replacement, first announced last Thursday, is part of a wider SDLP reshuffle which the party said was planned before the controversy broke over Seamus Coyle’s funeral.
Mr Eastwood has replaced Mr McGlone as a member of the Committee on Standards and Privileges.