A handful of people have held a protest ahead of a visit by the first and deputy first ministers to a community facility in a predominantly unionist area of west Belfast.
Stormont leaders Michelle O’Neill and Emma Little-Pengelly were due to visit Shankill Women’s Centre on Thursday morning.
Before they arrived, a small group holding placards staged a protest that appeared to be directed at the Sinn Féin deputy leader.
The placards made reference to IRA violence and questioned why Ms O’Neill had chosen to visit the publicly-funded centre.
Established in 1987, Shankill Women’s Centre is a community facility that initially aimed to provide education for women.
Today it acts as a “key provider for training, health awareness, childcare and young women’s activities in north and west Belfast and beyond”.
Earlier this month, pro-Palestine protesters heckled the first minister at an event in Derry.
Pro-Palestinian protestors have heckled Stormont First Minister Michelle O’Neill during an event in Derry.
The Sinn Féin vice-president alongside Ms Little-Pengelly at St Columb’s Hall when the event was interrupted by members of the Derry branch of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC).
