DUP says Sinn Féin has questions to answer over damage to former mayor portrait

Sinn Féin needs to make clear if any “leadership figures” witnessed an incident where the official portrait of a former DUP lord mayor was damaged at Belfast City Hall, MLAs have been told.

DUP MLA Phillip Brett also said the party had to explain if the attack was a “retaliation” over the removal of Niall Ó Donnghaile’s portrait from the same building last week.

An investigation has been launched after the portrait of former DUP lord mayor Lord Wallace Browne was damaged at the weekend.

The DUP said the portrait was removed from a wall and the glass in its frame was smashed.

The incident happened following an event on Saturday evening to celebrate an Irish language group’s 20th anniversary.

It comes just days after a portrait of former Belfast lord mayor Mr O Donnghaile was removed from City Hall after revelations that he had quit Sinn Féin last year after the party…

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