Northern Ireland's fire brigade received 303 emergency calls as bonfires were lit for the traditional Eleventh Night celebrations in unionist areas.

In a tradition dating back more than 300 years, towering pyres have been lit every July in Northern Ireland to mark the Battle of the Boyne, which effectively cemented Protestant rule.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said the effigy was being treated as a "hate-motivated criminal offence".

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bonfire with a replica mosque, is built in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, ahead of events to mark the Twelfth July. Picture date: ...

A bonfire - topped with dummies wearing lifejackets in a rowboat - with a sign "stop the boats" erected in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, has been condemned by Northern Ireland's leading politicians. The ...

The costs included boarding up doors and windows, removing downpipes and clearing up ash and debris after the burning of the pyres.

The bonfire is at the NI Water reservoir in Stoneyford, north of Lisburn, and the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) recently revealed a £60,000 price tag on bonfire clean-ups at the beauty spot ...

Effigies of migrants in a boat have been placed on a loyalist bonfire in Northern Ireland, prompting condemnation and calls for the display to be removed ahead of the pyre being lit. The boat ...

Sentencing of Vincent Mayock (79) adjourned for months amid solicitors’ industrial action Temperatures will dip over the coming days, but no rainfall until July 25 ‘First 48 hours are most unsettling, ...