DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has criticised historical social media posts by one of his party’s election candidates as “indefensible” – but said he believes Tyler Hoey is entitled to a second chance.
Mr Hoey is set to stand for the DUP as a council candidate in the Bannside area of Ballymena for Mid and East Antrim Council in May.
Several controversial posts he made in the past resurfaced at the weekend, and he had also liked a tweet glorifying the gunmen involved in the UDA’s killing of eight people in Greysteel, Co Derry, in 1993.
