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 ...

Firefighters in Northern Ireland faced a "challenging" night as multiple bonfires were lit ahead of 12 July celebrations, ...

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

Loyalist paramilitaries had planned to turn the Broadway roundabout in Belfast into a “warzone” if attempts had been made to ...

Eleventh night bonfires have been lit across Northern Ireland, including one on a site in Belfast with asbestos, despite ...

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 ...

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.