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Eleventh night: Police investigating possible hate crime

In south Belfast, election posters depicting Sinn Féin’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill and SDLP’s MP Claire Hanna were placed on a bonfire alongside sectarian threats.

Republic of Ireland and Palestinian flags were also placed on the structure.

Last year, there was condemnation after an image of Ms O’Neill appeared on a bonfire in Dungannon in County Tyrone.

Signs criticising local newspaper titles have also appeared on several bonfires, one of which mentioned SDLP councillor Dónal Lyons, who said “there is a lot more to life than poking people in the eye”.

“This is depressing, not in that it’s about me but that there’s young ones being taught that this is how they can best celebrate their community and traditions,” he wrote on X, formerly Twitter., external

In 2023, police received 68 reported incidents, including 21 alleged hate crimes, involving the burning of election posters or effigies, and 47 alleged hate-related incidents, including the burning of flags.


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