Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two controversial loyalist bonfires in Northern Ireland as time ticks down to when they are due to be lit. In Belfast, a city council committee voted on ...

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

Effigies of lifejacket-wearing migrants in boats put on a village bonfire, which were condemned by critics as 'sickening' and 'racist' have been lit up in flames. A sign saying 'Stop the boats' was ...

LONDON — Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat and a banner reading “stop the boats’’ to determine whether it was a hate incident.