Ciaran Gallagher thought his mural featuring Tory leadership contenders might have sparked a bit of local media interest but the artwork has made its way into national press outlets around the world.
Ciaran said that there had been a "tight deadline" for the work but this was moved forward "drastically" after hearing about the visit of the two contenders."They have not been at it but I do know that [Rishi] Sunak has seen it and he thought that it was very flattering," said Ciaran.
"My angle on the Belfast tradition of political murals is really to inject a bit of local pastie bap humour into it, so local people can really relate to it." The artist told people to "keep their eyes peeled" as he future plans for the artwork representing the "next chapter of this process".
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