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"We burn Irish tricolours, we burn flags that are not part of our culture"

One-hundred and seventy bonfires will be lit in Unionist areas across the North tonight as part o...

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17.53 11 Jul 2019


"We burn Irish tricolours, we burn flags that are not part of our culture"


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17.53 11 Jul 2019


One-hundred and seventy bonfires will be lit in Unionist areas across the North tonight as part of the celebrations to commemorate the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.

In recent years, these bonfires have become more a more contentious. And our reporter Barry Whyte has been to one of the most controversial bonfires in East Belfast....


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