Alliance calls for removal of Sinn Fein banners from city council property

Councillor Michael Long said that council property sites “were not appropriate places for party political material” and said they should be removed.

“They have been erected at Cherryvale and the Waterworks,” he said.

“Council parks are shared spaces where no party should have any banners or posters displayed at any time, which Sinn Féin are fully aware of.

“They have previously been vocal on their opposition to the erection of banners by loyalist groups on main routes into the city last year, and rightly so. They cannot have it both ways when it comes to their own banners.”

Cllr Long added: “Whilst I appreciate there is an attempt to help point people in the direction of help during this crisis, every party has appropriate methods to be able to do this, from their party website to social media channels, as well as other means, without having to resort to this.”