Loyalist bonfire on site with asbestos lit despite warnings

Effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap topped a different bonfire in south Belfast, while there was condemnation at the placing of Irish flags and sectarian slogans on other pyres in loyalist neighbourhoods.
Loyalist bonfire on site with asbestos lit despite warnings

A controversial loyalist bonfire off the Donegall Road in south Belfast is lit late on Friday night. (Niall Carson/PA)

Eleventh night bonfires have been lit across Northern Ireland, including one on a site in Belfast with asbestos despite warnings.

Effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap topped a different bonfire in south Belfast, while there was condemnation at the placing of Irish flags and sectarian slogans on other pyres in loyalist neighbourhoods.

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