Belfast City Council has launched an investigation after footage was posted online of a loyalist flute band parading around Belfast City Hall.
Video shows the band inside city hall while playing The Sash and parading down stairs inside the building.
Govan Protestant Boys were in the building to attend a centenary dinner for the George Telford Memorial Orange Lodge.
Sinn Féin councillor Ciaran Beattie said he has contacted the council's chief executive to "demand answers as to how and why this was allowed to happen."
“Video footage posted on social media of a loyalist flute band parading around the corridors and reception of Belfast City Hall on Sunday is disgraceful," he said.
Belfast City Hall lol . Go on the Govan Proddy Boys pic.twitter.com/XPsZjF1a4S
— NC69 McGregor (@NEILCOLWELL1969) October 13, 2019
“This sends out the wrong message of the changing Belfast and City Hall which is supposed to be a shared space and open to all."
He added: “A council investigation is now underway to identify a possible breach of protocol and into the conduct of this flute band.”
SDLP North Belfast Councillor Carl Whyte said he has also asked the chief executive to investigate the footage.
He said: “Our civic spaces must be open and welcoming to everyone in this city. There are spaces for events, performances and cultural celebrations in City Hall. The corridors of a working building are not that space."
Alliance councillor Michael Long also criticised the footage, saying it showed "unacceptable conduct in the shared space".
Have asked the Chief Executive of BCC to investigate apparent events at City Hall last night. The videos appear to show completely unacceptable conduct in the shared space that is City Hall.
— Michael Long (@CllrMichaelLong) October 13, 2019
