Mark SimpsonBBC News NI communities correspondentPA MediaA portrait of Michael D Higgins usually hangs beside a picture of King CharlesSinn Féin say a portrait of Irish president Michael D Higgins has disappeared from a reception room at Belfast City Hall used by the unionist lord mayor.The party has asked the mayor, Tracy Kelly of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), to explain where it has gone.When directly challenged on the issue by former Lord Mayor Ryan Murphy at Tuesday night’s council meeting, Mrs Kelly offered no explanation.Portraits of the Irish and British heads of state, President Higgins and King Charles, had previously been side by side on a wall in the lord mayor’s parlour.Portraits of the Irish and British heads of state, President Higgins and King Charles, had previously been side by side on a wall in the lord mayor’s parlourMrs Kelly Publicou uma foto nas mídias sociais de uma reunião na prefeitura na semana passada com representantes da Ordens Orange. Other councillors noticed that only the King Charles portrait could be seen.At Tuesday’s council meeting, Mr Murphy praised the DUP mayor for how she had carried out her public duties during her first month in office, then raised the portrait issue.The Sinn Féin councillor said: “When our representatives have been in that position of being the mayor, there were certain things that we never took off the walls. There were certain things we felt were off limits.”And so when we were offered the royal portrait of the British King Charles (in March 2024), we accepted it and we put it up.”And we put it up alongside Uachtarán na hÉireann (President of Ireland) Michael D Higgins, and we marked it with a small event in the mayor’s office.”It’s concerning that we have seen in recent weeks that that portrait is no longer there, and we would just ask where is that portrait? E que tipo de mensagem ele envia para as pessoas nesta cidade que detêm o presidente da Irlanda em subida consideração? “, A Sra. Kelly respondeu:” Obrigado, isso está sendo notado. Obrigado Ryan. “Tracy Kelly se tornou a primeira prefeita do DUP em Belfast no mês pretérito, quando perguntou sobre o tema da BBC News Ni, porta -voz do parecer, disse que era um tema para o lorde prefeito.a porta -voz da DUP disse:” Há mais artefatos a serem adicionados nas próximas semanas. “Permitir teor x? Leste cláusula contém teor fornecido por X. Solicitamos sua permissão antes que qualquer coisa seja carregada, pois eles podem estar usando cookies e outras tecnologias. Ó Donnghaile perturbou os sindicalistas removendo fotos da rainha mãe e príncipe Charles. e seu marido, o príncipe Philip. Os retratos do presidente Higgins e do rei Charles subiram no ano pretérito, quando houve um prefeito do Sinn Féin.