The placing of an effigy of Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O'Neill on a County Tyrone bonfire has been condemned as 'vile and hateful'
The placing of an effigy of Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O'Neill on a County Tyrone bonfire is being treated as a hate crime by police.Earlier a poster of councillor Taylor McGrann's name, was placed on a bonfire in Rathcoole, north Belfast.
Sinn Féin MLA Colm Gildernew said the image of Michelle O'Neill should also be treated as a hate crime.The DUP MLA for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Deborah Erskine, said it was "wrong". Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said it was "vile and hateful," while Alliance MLA Eóin Tennyson said it was "disgraceful and completely unacceptable".An effigy above a poster bearing the name of Councillor Taylor McGrann appeared on a bonfire in Rathcoole
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