Tensions are continuing to smoulder around two loyalist bonfires in the North which have attracted significant controversy.

Another group offered to make a charitable donation outside the scheme while five made no offer.

The Church of Ireland in Ballinlough is celebrating its bicentenary (1824-2024) and to mark the occasion a special celebration will be held today, Sunday, September 22nd at 3. 30 p. m.

The blaze happened on Tuesday afternoon after the crypt in Church Street in Dublin was broken into and vandalised

In a shared statement church leaders said the visit is taking place at a time of ‘great concern for the state of our fragile peace’.