Cooper backs merger with Fianna FailIvan Cooper Ivan Averill Cooper (born 1944) was a Northern Irish politician who was a Member of Parliament of Northern Ireland, and founding member of the SDLP. He is best known for leading an anti-internment march which ended up in the Bloody Sunday incident on the 30th of January 1972, in , one of the SDLP's founders, will call in Dublin tomorrow for an alliance with Fianna Fail. Cooper, who was portrayed by James Nesbitt James Nesbitt (born January 15, 1965) is an actor from Northern Ireland who is best known for his roles in ITV's Cold Feet and the BBC's Murphy's Law as well as many television advertisements. in the television drama Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday (1905) Massacre of peaceful demonstrators in Saint Petersburg, marking the beginning of the Russian Revolution of 1905. The priest Georgy Gapon (1870–1906), hoping to present workers' request for reforms directly to Nicholas II, arranged a peaceful march , said he was 'strongly in favour' of the SDLP SDLP (in Northern Ireland) Social Democratic and Labour Party SDLP (Brit) n abbr (Pol) (= Social Democratic and Labour Party) → sozialdemokratische Partei in Nordirland 'getting into bed with Fianna Fail'. The former Community Relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. Minister in the 1974 power-sharing executive will address a Fianna Fail meeting at the Goat Bar in south Dublin South Dublin (Irish: Contae Átha Cliath Theas) is a county in the Republic of Ireland. The centre of local government of South Dublin is Tallaght. , where he will tell party members that he supports their move into Northern Ireland and eventual fusion with the SDLP. A former member of the Young Unionists, Cooper said he backed Fianna Fail's foray into northern politics because the ruling party had policies of an all-Ireland dimension. 'First of all, I will tell them about the SDLP's contribution to peace in Northern Ireland. I will remind them that the SDLP was part of the Northern Ireland civil rights movement; it was born out of it. 'But I will also say that it's now time to take a fresh look at things from the SDLP's viewpoint. I favour an alliance because Fianna Fail is coming north and it would be wrong to see them competing for votes with the SDLP. They should have a strong relationship and work together as a political force. It's also attractive because it means this alliance is part of an all-Ireland organised party,' Cooper told The Observer yesterday. His intervention is timely because Fianna Fail announced at the weekend that it has become a registered political party in Northern Ireland. 
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