An image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a fake shop front in Dungiven has sparked fury.

The image is on the front of a building on Main Street once owned by a Protestant trader called Joe Poston, now deceased.

Shop fronts in the town have been covered over by fake frontage by the Dungiven Regeneration Club to hide their derelict appearance.

Sinn Fein councillor Sean McGlinchey blamed "bitter" participants at a recent Orange parade through Dungiven for a complaint to the regeneration group.

He said: "We will have to wait and see if there is an official complaint to the council, but I will put the board back if it is taken down."

William Ross from the Dungiven lodge that hosts the annual parade, said he had "no idea" who made the complaint.

He said: "The shop has been sold many years and it is unfair to assume the complaint was made by someone on the parade."

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