An Irish flag and a poster of Leo Varadkar were placed on a bonfire in Moygashel, County Tyrone.
The placing of a picture of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and an Irish flag on a loyalist bonfire in County Tyrone is being investigated as a hate crime by the PSNI.Police said they had received a report in relation to material placed on the bonfire in the Main Road area.A boat had also been placed on the bonfire, with a banner reading "Good Friday Agreement? That ship has sailed".
There was also a mock copy of the 1998 agreement across which the words "null and void" were printed.that "burning the flag of our neighbouring state and a poster of the head of government of that state is disrespectful and wrong".Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie tweeted that it was "not acceptable, it is childish and promotes hate".
Bonfires are traditionally lit in unionist areas on 11 July to kick off Twelfth of July events, which mark the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 when the Protestant William of Orange defeated Catholic King James II.Fine Gael TD and former Irish Justice Minister, Charlie Flanagan, said the burning of a flag was "gratuitously offensive and unacceptable".
"Such naked sectarianism has no place on the challenging path to peace, stability & reconciliation & must be condemned by all democrats," he added.
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