Overwhelming majority of unionists oppose burning image of Taoiseach – Donaldson

A pyre with a boat on top, with a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and a banner that reads ‘Good Friday Agreement? That ship has sailed’, before it is set alight in Moygashel, Co Tyrone (Niall Carson/PA)

DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has said he believes the overwhelming majority of unionists oppose the placing of an Irish flag and a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on a loyalist bonfire.

Police are investigating the incident at the bonfire in Co Tyrone at the weekend as a “hate crime”.