🔥 'If we want respect for our rights, we have to respect the identity of others.' - J_Donaldson_MP The DUP leader urges people not to burn flags or effigies on loyalist bonfires
An Irish flag and a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar were set alight in County Tyrone on Saturday
The leader of Northern Ireland's largest unionist party has urged people not to burn flags or effigies on loyalist bonfires.It comes after a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and an Irish flag wereA boat was also placed on the bonfire with a sign saying "Good Friday Agreement? That ship has sailed."as part of Battle of the Boyne commemorations.
The Democratic Unionist Party leader said while the majority of bonfires do not include flags or effigies, those which do "harm the representation of my tradition and my identity".The burning of the flag and poster has been condemned by politicians in Northern Ireland. Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie tweeted it was "not acceptable, it is childish and promotes hate".Mr Varadkar said he saw the image and did not believe it was reflective of the majority of the unionist community in Northern Ireland.
He said the action of a small minority of people would not distract the Irish government from their main mission of getting the Good Friday Agreement working again,
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