PSNI investigate burning of Irish flag and image of Taoiseach as 'hate crime'

PSNI investigate burning of image of Taoiseach as 'hate crime'

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating the burning of the Irish tricolour and a poster of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Saturday's bonfire as a hate crime.

Read More: Moment huge blazing bonfire collapses into road ahead of July 12 parades in Northern Ireland Following the cross-community outcry that followed the bonfire, the Police Service of Northern Ireland announced on Sunday that the circumstances around the bonfire will be investigated. Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson tweeted about the incident, saying: "Burning the flag of our neighbouring state and a poster of the head of government of that state is disrespectful and wrong. It is not culture!"

"Burning the National flag of a friendly neighbour & its head of government is gratuitously offensive & unacceptable,” he posted online. The Twelfth marks the victory of Protestant King William of Orange over Catholic King James II in the Battle of the Boyne in 1690, an act that secured a Protestant line of succession for the British crown.

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