Suspended SF mayor 'will get a fair hearing'

Suspended Sinn Féin mayor Francie Molloy will be given a fair hearing when he appears before the party’s disciplinary committee, it was claimed today.

Mr Molloy, mayor of Dungannon District Council, Co Tyrone, was suspended earlier this week after he defied party strategists and spoke out against plans to slash the number of councils in the North from 26 to seven.