Statement by TUV East Antrim spokesperson Norman Boyd:
“I welcome the announcement by Larne FC that John Herron has been suspended and will not represent the football club at any level following the emergence of a photograph of him wearing a top with a pro-IRA slogan at the weekend.
“There were many disgraceful scenes at the West Belfast Festival and I know that the open support for a terrorist organisation displayed by Mr Herron will have outraged grassroots supporters of Larne.
“The glorification and celebration of murderers can have no place in any society. The behaviour is particularly reprehensible when engaged in by one who is involved in sport and is a role model for young people. Hopefully, the swift action by the club sends a very clear message to the upcoming generation that such behaviour is intolerable.”