
Northern Ireland’s deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly has said people “playing politics” over a contentious loyalist bonfire in Belfast should step back and allow safety work on the site to continue.
Sinn Fein MLA Pat Sheehan has said it is “unthinkable” that the bonfire in the south of the city, which is on a site which contains asbestos and is close to an electricity substation which powers two hospitals, should be allowed to go ahead on Friday.