A DUP councillor has been suspended for three months by a standards watchdog over a Facebook comment in which he said Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill would be "put back in her kennel".
John Carson posted the remark about the Sinn Féin vice-president in April last year during the DUP's leadership contest between Sir Jeffrey Donaldson and Edwin Poots.
The outspoken Ballymena councillor faced widespread criticism for the "misogynistic" comment, which was posted under an image backing Mr Poots for the party leadership.
