# Twelfth

This year

2023

# Eleventh Night

'Eleventh Night' bonfires to be lit in loyalist areas across Northern Ireland later

The ‘Eleventh Night’ fires are traditionally lit on the eve of the ‘Twelfth of July’.

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Jul 11th 2023, 7:22 AM

# hate crime

PSNI investigating placement of a picture of the Taoiseach on loyalist bonfire as a ‘hate crime’

‘What happened in burning the flag of our neighbouring state and burning the poster of Leo Varadkar was wrong’, said the DUP leader today.

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Jul 10th 2023, 11:20 AM

Last year

2022

# Twelfth

NI fire crews receive over 200 emergency calls on first night of 12 July bonfires

A spokesperson said there was a 12.5% decrease in bonfire incidents compared to 2021.

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Jul 12th 2022, 6:59 AM

All time

# sash off

Orange Order cancels Twelfth of July parades because of Covid-19

Grand Master Edward Stevenson said “the Orange family has already lost members”.

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Apr 6th 2020, 1:35 PM

# Bogside

'A miracle officers weren't injured' - Police say Derry rioters tried to murder them

Disorder broke out in the city for the sixth night in a row.

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Jul 13th 2018, 8:07 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Here’s everything you need to know as you start your day.

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Jul 12th 2016, 8:54 AM

# Belfast

Teen girl injured after car ploughs into pedestrians in Ardoyne

Police have been coming under ‘sustained attack’, the PSNI said.

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Jul 13th 2015, 10:39 PM

# tensions

Condemnation after lynched figure depicting Gerry Adams placed on loyalist bonfire

Gerry Adams has condemned the figure’s appearance as “deeply offensive”.

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Jul 11th 2014, 10:40 PM

# Northern Ireland

Man held over attempted murder of police officers

The man is being held at Antrim police station in connection with the incidents which occurred in the Ardoyne area last Thursday.

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Jul 15th 2012, 9:47 AM

# Twelfth

PHOTOS: Nine police officers injured in Belfast riots

Petrol bombs were thrown and shots fired amid disturbances after the Twelfth of July marches.

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Jul 13th 2012, 7:45 AM

# bonfires

In pictures: Huge bonfires across North for the Twelfth of July

The Orange Order has said it has a peaceful solution to the Ardoyne dispute.

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Jul 12th 2012, 7:55 AM

# Attack

Ardoyne footballers stabbed and beaten 'by loyalist mob'

Players attacked on way home from trip to Louth – they had arranged the day out to avoid trouble surrounding the Orange Order march in Belfast.

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Jul 14th 2011, 8:13 AM

# Twelfth

Gallery: Pride and violence at Twelfth parades in Belfast

Loyalists of all ages take part in Orange Order parades; Nationalist youths later turn on police. Our gallery.

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Jul 13th 2011, 9:12 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

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Jul 13th 2011, 8:22 AM

# Twelfth

Second night of violence across Northern Ireland as the Twelfth parades pass

Violence flared in parts of Belfast, Derry and Antrim last night as violence erupted before and after Orange Order parades.

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Jul 13th 2011, 7:05 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 In today’s 9 at 9: Rioting in Belfast, a crackdown for legal highs on the way, Anonymous reveals its latest attack, and good news for Ireland’s interest rate?

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Jul 12th 2011, 8:23 AM

# Twelfth

Petrol bombs and violence in Belfast ahead of Twelfth of July marches

Twenty-two police officers were injured in the disturbances overnight.

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Jul 12th 2011, 8:00 AM