BBC News By Mark Simpson image captionA painting of Seamus Heaney is among the images chosen to promote the centenary commemorations The director of the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University, Belfast, has said he did not give permission for an image of the late poet to be used in a government marketing campaign. The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) used it on a website promoting events to mark the centenary of Northern Ireland. The NIO said it gained permission from Queen's to use the image of Heaney. Queen's press office was contacted by BBC News NI to clarify the issue but the university declined to comment.