Effigies of female politicians hung from bonfire condemned by DUP leader

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has condemned the burning of effigies of political leaders on a Co Antrim bonfire (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said he would be happy to travel to Carrickfergus to speak to community representatives after images of female politicians were hung from a bonfire.

Hanging effigies of Sinn Féin president and vice president Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill as well as Alliance Party leader Naomi Long were pictured on the Eleventh Night bonfire in the Co Antrim town on Monday.