Belfast City Council

Belfast City Council is planning to recognise the burial ground thousands of people who died during the Irish famine in Belfast.

More than 1,000 complaints were made in Belfast last year but few penalties were issued.

Demand for allotments in Belfast is outweighing availability, with almost 1,000 keen gardeners on the waiting list for a plot.

There are 964 people on the waiting list for the city's 281 plots, according to a council report.

The DUP said "questions remain unanswered" and those who damaged the portrait should foot the bill.

The three-acre site near the City Hospital contains more than 10,000 bodies dating back to the Irish famine.

The kerb in Belfast city centre has been blocked off with a temporary barrier for more than two years.

Businesses have raised concerns over footfall due to the closure of Boyne Bridge in the city.