Elsewhere, effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap, Irish flags and sectarian slogans were burned on pyres across Northern Ireland.

Concern has been expressed over the siting of a loyalist bonfire close to an electricity substation in Belfast.

They pyres are among around 300 set to be lit across Thursday and Friday night ahead of the Orange Order’s July 12 parades.

Hundreds of loyalist bonfires will be lit on Friday night ahead of traditional July 12 celebrations across Northern Ireland.

A major incident has been declared by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) following Belfast City Council’s decision ...

Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said people “playing politics” over a contentious loyalist bonfire in Belfast should step back and allow safety work on the site to ...

There is, I think, something else fuelling the fear. There are parts of loyalist east Belfast which believe they have been left behind by the 1998 agreement.

The chair of the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) said plans for an Irish language school in east Belfast were "causing polarity and volatility in the community” during a meeting with the ...

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A plan for an Irish-medium school in east Belfast was "causing polarity and volatility in the community," according to a loyalist leader. The chair of the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) David ...