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

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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