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<\/p>\nImages circulating online show a \u2018stop the boats\u2019 placard on the pyre at Cornagrade Road, Enniskillen.<\/p>\n
The PSNI said it was aware of the matter.<\/p>\n
Jemma Dolan, a Sinn Fein MLA for Fermanagh-South Tyrone, branded it racist.<\/p>\n
\u201cHalloween is meant to be a fun and welcoming event for everyone in our community and to see this sign draped across a bonfire in Enniskillen is unacceptable and wrong,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIllegal bonfires put lives at risk and at times are being used to spread hate.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is the responsibility of political representatives to show leadership. We need to tackle illegal, unregulated and dangerous bonfires.\u201d<\/p>\n
A PSNI spokesperson said: \u201cPolice are aware of signage placed on a bonfire in the Cornagrade Road area of Enniskillen. Enquiries into the matter are on-going.\u201d<\/p>\n
In July, there was outrage after an effigy of refugees in a boat was placed on an Eleventh Night bonfire in Moygashel, Co Tyrone.<\/p>\n
The model of a small boat with several figures inside was accompanied by a banner saying “stop the boats” and “veterans before refugees\u201d.<\/p>\n
At the time, Moygashel Bonfire Committee said it was intended to express \u201cour disgust at the ongoing crisis that is illegal immigration\u201d.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, firefighters in Northern Ireland had a slightly less busy Halloween than last year, according to the number of callouts.<\/p>\n
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said from 6pm on October 31 to 1am on November 1, its crews responded to 53 operational incidents.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson said that several of the incidents were Halloween-related, including bonfires and fireworks.<\/p>\n
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The PSNI are investigating the sign on the bonfire. Photo: X<\/p>\n
News Catch Up – Friday 31 October <\/p>\n
The figure represents a drop on the previous year, when between 6pm on October 31, 2024 and 1am on November 1, 2024, fire crew responded to 63 operational incidents.<\/p>\n
Then, a NIFRS spokesperson described several of the incident as being Halloween-related, including 16 bonfires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Images circulating online show a \u2018stop the boats\u2019 placard on the pyre at Cornagrade Road, Enniskillen. The PSNI…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1999,1248,10838,174519,1144,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-542156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-adrian-rutherford","9":"tag-fermanagh-news","10":"tag-halloween","11":"tag-jemma-dolan","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115474843336044912","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}