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Michelle O Neill says bonfire legal challenge right The interface bonfire in north Belfast was due to be set alight last night Connla Young
Deputy First Minister Michelle O Neill
Deputy First Minister Michelle O Neill has said two Stormont departments were right to launch legal action against the police over an interface bonfire.
The controversial pyre at Adam St has been built off Duncairn Gardens, close to the interface between New Lodge and Tiger s Bay in north Belfast.
It was due to be set alight last night.
The challenge by the Department for Infrastructure, headed by the SDLP s Nichola Mallon and Department for Communities, run by Sinn Féin s Deirdre Hargey, was dismissed on Friday night after a judge refused an earlier, similar case taken by a New Lodge resident to direct PSNI officers to intervene at the Tiger s Bay site.
Unionist leaders criticise burning of Irish tricolour flags on Eleventh Night bonfires
More than 230 Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland between Friday night and last night. By Press Association Monday 12 Jul 2021, 12:45 PM 18 hours ago 43,549 Views 43 Comments
Updated 12 hours ago The tricolour burning on the Tigers Bay ‘eleventh night’ bonfire in Belfast in the early hours of this morning Source: Liam McBurney via PA Images
DUP LEADER JEFFREY Donaldson and TUV leader Jim Alister have condemned the burning of Irish tricolour flags on an Eleventh Night bonfires in Northern Ireland.
It comes after a busy night for Northern Ireland’s fire service, who were called out to 81 bonfire incidents over the course of the weekend.
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