Family's Hurt as Name of Tragic Protestant Boy Placed on Creggan Bonfire

Londonderry: Names placed on bonfire 'sickening' says DUP MLA

Kyle Bonnes, 15, who died in a drowning incident, and ex-PSNI detective John Caldwell's name appeared on the pyre.

Family's hurt as name of tragic Protestant boy placed on Creggan bonfire

Kyle Bonnes sadly lost his life when he drowned in April 2010

‘Pure sectarian hatred’ - outrage as drowned Protestant teenager’s name placed on republican bonfire

Republican bonfire builders have removed a placard with the name of a Protestant youngster who drowned following a backlash.

Derry Bonfires Stoke More Controversy

Bonfires don’t play the same role in Republicanism that they do in the Loyalist and Unionist celebrations around the Twelfth. An earlier tradition of lighting bonfires to celebrate the Catholic feast of the Assumption became the basis of anti-internment pyres used to mark the introduction of internment but they were never really embraced by the wider nationalist community. Anti-social behaviour at many of the events over the years alienated loca…

Republican bonfire branded ‘reprehensible’ as name of boy who drowned and shot PSNI officer appear on pyre

A placard placed on a republican bonfire in Londonderry bearing the name of a former detective who narrowly survived a murder bid and a 15 year old boy who drowned has been branded “reprehensible”.