Ministers fail in legal bid to force police to help remove loyalist bonfire

A bonfire in the loyalist Tiger’s Bay area has caused controversy (Peter Morrison/PA)

Two Stormont ministers have failed in a legal bid to force police in Northern Ireland to assist in removing a contentious loyalist bonfire.

Sinn Féin Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey and SDLP Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon took proceedings against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) over its decision not to intervene on the bonfire in the loyalist area of Tiger’s Bay in north Belfast.