Michelle O’Neill calls for Gordon Lyons to resign over Facebook post ahead of Larne attack

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has accused a Stormont minister of “inflaming tensions” over recent trouble and urged him to resign.

Michelle O’Neill made the comments after Communities Minister Gordon Lyons of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) was accused of identifying the location where migrant families were being sheltered hours before it was attacked.

People caught up in clashes in Ballymena were temporarily moved to Larne Leisure Centre on Wednesday. It was later targeted and set on fire.

Lyons said he “strongly hit back at any notion” he had revealed the use of this facility. He also resisted earlier calls to step down.