By PETER MORRISON AND JILL LAWLESS | Associated Press | Published: April 8, 2021 BELFAST, Northern Ireland Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance. Crowds including children as young as 12 or 13 clashed across a concrete peace wall in west Belfast that separates a British loyalist Protestant neighborhood from an Irish nationalist Catholic area. Police fired rubber bullets at the crowd, and nearby a city bus was hijacked and set on fire.
North Ireland leaders call for calm after violence escalates
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The UK Prime Minister and Irish premier have made a joint call for calm after days of unrest in Northern Ireland.
Boris Johnson and Taoiseach Micheal Martin spoke over the phone on Thursday about the violent clashes in mainly loyalist areas over the last week.
In a statement, the Irish Government said the two leaders stressed that violence was unacceptable.
The PSNI use a water cannon on the Springfield road, during further unrest in Belfast (Liam McBurney/PA)
“The way forward is through dialogue and working the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement,” the statement said.
“They agreed that the two governments would continue to stay in contact.”
Northern Ireland leaders seek calm after violence escalates
PETER MORRISON and JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press
April 8, 2021
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1of16Nationalist youths confront police lines near the Peace Wall in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, April 8, 2021. Authorities in Northern Ireland sought to restore calm Thursday after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other. It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.Peter Morrison/APShow MoreShow Less
2of16Nationalists and Loyalists clash with one another at the peace wall on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The police had to close roads into the nearby Protestant area as crowds from each divide attacked each other.Peter Morrison/APShow MoreShow Less
THE LEADER of the Labour party has said that broken promises over Brexit made by Boris Johnson do not justify the violence in Northern Ireland. Keir Starmer was speaking during a visit to Bristol today when he was asked about the growing unrest in Belfast. It comes as the UK Government s Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis flew over to the capital this afternoon for emergency talks, in an effort to calm the riots and tensions in the country. Mr Johnson said on social media that he was deeply concerned by the scenes of violence in Northern Ireland, especially attacks on PSNI who are protecting the public and businesses, attacks on a bus driver and the assault of a journalist.
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