WATCH: Calls for councillors to get safety training after bullet intercepted in the post

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There are calls for Councillors across Northern Ireland to get safety and security training.

It's after Royal Mail intercepted a bulleted being sent to Ballycastle councillor, Padraig McShane.

Mr McShane had previously been targeted by loyalist paramilitaries. In 2014 his family home in Ballycastle was targeted by arsonists in an attack blamed on the UDA.

Gary Donnelly is an Independent Councillor for Derry and Strabane:

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