An independent councillor who was convicted of disorderly behaviour and resisting police following an Orange Order parade in Co Antrim has been suspended from office for two months.
An adjudication hearing was held by the Northern Ireland Local Government Commissioner for Standards into the behaviour of Padraig McShane from Causeway Coast and Glens Borough following his arrest in the Diamond area of Ballycastle on July 12, 2016.
The hearing was told that prior to his arrest Mr McShane had been at a protest at Altananam Park, Ballycastle, in respect of an Orange Order Parade which marched through the town on that day.
