The leader of the SDLP says his party will boycott the traditional St. Patrick's day celebrations at the Whitehouse over the war in Gaza.
Colum Eastwood says he can't in good conscience attend the events as the US fails to call for a ceasefire.
The SDLP says it will be sending a delegation to Washington in March to 'engage' with senior lawmakers, Irish American's and Palestinian American's, to make the case for an end to violence
