The Northern Ireland Environment Agency says fragments of suspected asbestos were found at five locations on the site at ...

A bonfire on a site that contains asbestos was set alight despite warnings over the dangers of doing so. Northern Ireland's ...

Bonfires were lit at an estimated 300 locations ahead of the Orange Order's 12 July parades. This included one on a site that ...

Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Andrew Muir has said he is “very disappointed” that an Eleventh Night bonfire was lit ...

Elsewhere, effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap, Irish flags and sectarian slogans were burned on pyres across Northern Ireland.

Further safety concerns over asbestos at site of Belfast bonfire Hundreds of loyalist bonfires will be lit on Friday night ahead of traditional July 12 celebrations across Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland Environment Agency removed 20kg of asbestos from the site on Thursday, but said there’s a strong ...

Controversy has surrounded the Belfast bonfire at Meridi Street off the Donegall Road which is also close to an electricity ...

Loyalist bonfire on site with asbestos lit despite warnings Elsewhere, effigies of the Irish rap group Kneecap, Irish flags and sectarian slogans were burned on pyres across Northern Ireland.

Asbestos concerns The bonfire site has recently been the subject of concerns over asbestos that agencies and authorities said they were "unable" to remove.