Latest | Stormont minister criticises bonfire at asbestos site as Kneecap effigies and Irish language signage destroyed It comes after sectarian slurs on a west Belfast bonfire were reported to police ...

Effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap, Irish flags and sectarian slogans are topping loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland.

MOYGASHEL, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -A model of refugees in a boat, placed on a bonfire in a pro-British town near Belfast, was set alight on Thursday night, weeks after migrants' homes were ...

Effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap, Irish flags and sectarian slogans are topping loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland. It comes the night after effigies of migrants in a boat were burned on ...

‘Shameful’ bonfire with migrant effigies in Northern Ireland being treated as hate incident 11 July 2025, 17:37 Effigies of migrants in a boat burn atop a bonfire at Moygashel, Co Tyrone. Picture: ...

It is “shameful” that a bonfire topped with effigies of migrants in a boat was allowed to go ahead, Amnesty International has said. There has been widespread condemnation from politicians and ...

It is “shameful” that a bonfire topped with effigies of migrants in a boat was allowed to go ahead, Amnesty International has said.

Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat and a banner reading "stop the boats'' to determine whether it was a hate incident.

Effigies of eight immigrants in life jackets were placed in a model boat alongside an Irish flag on top of the bonfire in the town of Moygashel, 65 km (40 miles) west of Belfast.