Sinn Féin vice president Michelle O’Neill has said she thinks it is appropriate that a portrait of former Belfast Lord Mayor Niall Ó Donnghaile is removed from City Hall.
It comes after a motion at the council brought by the DUP following Mr Ó Donnghaile’s admission he left Sinn Féin after allegedly sending inappropriate text messages to a teenager.
Sinn Féin referred that matter to the PSNI and social services last September, but no criminal investigation was undertaken.
Mr Ó Donnghaile became the youngest Lord Mayor of Belfast in 2011, and like all who hold that office, had an official portrait painted and displayed to mark his year in the role.
He went on to serve as senator before his resignation last year.
Sinn Féin is facing questions over its handling of the case, which emerged after the separate case of the former party press officer,…
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