UK loyalist bonfire lit early
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The housing executive are now installing wooden boards to protect householders from nearby bonfires
Police have been urged to intervene after a replica of a mosque was placed on top of a loyalist bonfire pyre in Co Tyrone. The model was visible on top of the pyre in Moygashel on Thursday. The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said one man had been arrested.
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N.Ireland anti-Islam loyalist bonfire condemned as 'hate' offence
Northern Irish police arrested a man on Thursday after a replica mosque was placed on a bonfire in an anti-Islam stunt in the village of Moygashel in the UK province. "A 56-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of contravention of (public order legislation),
The 11th night bonfires are lit every year as part of celebrations in some unionist areas A man who lives close to the site of a bonfire has said he has been quoted a price of just under £800 to fit protective boarding over his windows.
