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media captionThe Adam Street bonfire is located in the loyalist Tiger s Bay area
Two Stormont ministers have failed in a High Court bid to force police to assist in the removal of a contentious loyalist bonfire in north Belfast.
The bonfire is located in the unionist Tiger s Bay area, close to an interface with the nationalist New Lodge.
However, they have refused to help contractors remove the bonfire as they say that to do so would risk disorder.
The legal action was taken by Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon and Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey.
It was dismissed on Friday night after a judge refused an earlier, similar case taken by a New Lodge resident to direct Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) officers to intervene at the Tiger s Bay site.
Bonfires will be lit across Northern Ireland on Sunday night as traditional “Eleventh Night” celebrations get under way.
More than 160 pyres are expected to be ignited to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season – the Twelfth of July.
Because July 11 falls on a Sunday this year, a number of bonfires have already been lit on Friday and Saturday evenings.
While the majority pass off each year without incident, some remain the source of community tension, with authorities previously having intervened to remove towering pyres on health and safety grounds.
Some bonfires have also attracted criticism for burning politicians’ election posters and effigies.
Bonfires will be lit across Northern Ireland on Sunday night as traditional “Eleventh Night” celebrations get under way.
More than 160 pyres are expected to be ignited to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season – the Twelfth of July.
Because July 11 falls on a Sunday this year, a number of bonfires have already been lit on Friday and Saturday evenings.
While the majority pass off each year without incident, some remain the source of community tension, with authorities previously having intervened to remove towering pyres on health and safety grounds.
Some bonfires have also attracted criticism for burning politicians’ election posters and effigies.
Bonfires will be lit across Northern Ireland on Sunday night as traditional “Eleventh Night” celebrations get under way.
More than 160 pyres are expected to be ignited to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season – the Twelfth of July.
Because July 11 falls on a Sunday this year, a number of bonfires have already been lit on Friday and Saturday evenings.
While the majority pass off each year without incident, some remain the source of community tension, with authorities previously having intervened to remove towering pyres on health and safety grounds.
Some bonfires have also attracted criticism for burning politicians’ election posters and effigies.
Bonfires will be lit across Northern Ireland on Sunday night as traditional “Eleventh Night” celebrations get under way.
More than 160 pyres are expected to be ignited to usher in the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season – the Twelfth of July.
Because July 11 falls on a Sunday this year, a number of bonfires have already been lit on Friday and Saturday evenings.
While the majority pass off each year without incident, some remain the source of community tension, with authorities previously having intervened to remove towering pyres on health and safety grounds.
Some bonfires have also attracted criticism for burning politicians’ election posters and effigies.