NIO refuses to say if it consulted Seamus Heaney's family over NI centenary branding The image used for the "Our Story in the Making: NI Beyond 100" comes from Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University Belfast, which holds the rights to the portrait. DUP MP Gavin Robinson. Picture by Liam McBurney/PA Wire THE Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has refused to say if it consulted with the family of Seamus Heaney about the use of his image in a £3 million plan to commemorate Northern Ireland's centenary. It came as the BBC yesterday reported that the NIO had confirmed the Heaney family were not spoken to about his portrait being used in the branding.