The newly-elected mayor of Causeway Coast and Glens Council has come under attack over his attendance at IRA commemorations. Sean Bateson (26), who topped the poll for Sinn Féin in the Bann electoral area, was appointed mayor of the borough just days after being elected for his first term. Over the weekend, social media posts emerged which showed Mr. Bateson — who is a supply teacher at Sperrin Integrated College in Magherafelt — posing for photographs at a memorial to two IRA men. A Twitter post boasting about tearing down a Union flag — described as a “butcher’s apron” by...