“An investigation is underway at Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) to ‘examine the background’ of the institution’s historical benefactors, to establish whether they had any links to slavery. The UK abolished slavery in 1833 and QUB said, as it was founded in 1845, ‘the university does not believe that there is any substantial legacy of links’ between it and the global slave trade …” (more)
[Rory Winters,
Peter Morrison And Jill Lawless
Police form a line on the Springfield road to stop Nationalists and Loyalists attacking each other, as a hijacked bus burns in the distance in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. The police had to close roads into the near by Protestant area as crowds from each divide attacked each other. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) April 08, 2021 - 6:40 AM
BELFAST, Ireland - Crowds from Protestant and Catholic communities hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other overnight in Belfast, as a week of street violence escalated. Police and politicians tried Thursday to calm the volatile situation in Northern Ireland, where Britainâs exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.
Northern Ireland unrest: Hijacked bus burned, bombs thrown at police
Updated 6:50 AM;
Today 6:50 AM
Nationalists 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 near by Protestant area as crowds from each divide attacked each other. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)AP
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Young people set a hijacked bus on fire and hurled gasoline bombs at police in Belfast in at least the fourth night of serious violence in a week in Northern Ireland, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.
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
Irish Times Debate: Maynooth University takes top spots in first semi-final First semi-final of annual debate competition takes place online for the first time
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Rí Anumudu and Kemka Ogbonda of Maynooth University took the top team spot at the first semi-final of The Irish Times Debate 2021, with Gavin McLaughlin taking the top speaker spot.
The first semi-final of debate was an intensely combative affair, as students debated the successes and failures of An Garda Síochána.
The debate was held online for the first time, but this did not stop it from being a black-tie event. Held on Thursday, it was the first of four semi-finals to be held over the month of April.