Belfast Interface Project News Today

The peace walls in Northern Ireland are a series of physical structures that separate predominantly Irish republican, nationalist Catholic neighbourhoods from predominantly British loyalist, unionist Protestant neighbourhoods.

The very fact that these walls exist is living proof that when it comes to the full implementation of the 1998 Peace Agreement, there’s still plenty of more work to be done.

More than 100 charitable projects in Northern Ireland are sharing £5m in National Lottery Community Fund grants.

Images of how Belfast would look without peace walls developed for new project An image of what the Divis and Townsend Street area could look like without the peace wall 30 June, 2021 01:00 The Townsend Street interface gates which form part of the peace wall. The barrier, which separates the Falls Road from the Shankill Road has been in place at Townsend Street since August 1969. Picture by Liam McBurney/PA Wire IMAGES of how Belfast would look like without peac...

A new survey commissioned by the Department of Justice has found that communities living near peace walls continue to be split on whether or not they should be removed. The survey also showed a divide (40% each) between those who feel optimistic that there will come a time of no peace walls in their area, as opposed to those who are convinced that will never happen. The findings of the Ipsos MORI poll conducted across interface areas show that while 49% of residents wanted their nearest peaceli...