It follows speculation over whether Marc Collins would be on the DUP ticket for the local government election
A councillor suspended by a standards watchdog over comments about a Sinn Féin MP has been reselected by the DUP to contest May's council election.
But the DUP's East Antrim branch confirmed he has been reselected as a candidate for the Knockagh area alongside former mayor Peter Johnston. An anonymous source had claimed he was invited for an interview as part of the DUP's candidate approval process but he did not attend.In June, Mr Collins was suspended by a council standards watchdog over posting a message in 2019 alleging that Mr Finucane "supports and promotes the IRA".
Mr Collins also said that Mr Finucane had addressed a republican Easter commemoration in North Belfast's Ardoyne area in 2018 - a commemoration which the councillor said "traditionally remembers and celebrates the IRA". Get the latest politics news and analysis in your inbox Want the biggest political stories sent straight to you?
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