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Discontent in loyalist communities is “growing” over the Northern Ireland protocol, a senior police officer has said.
More graffiti as well as low-level intelligence and social media monitoring have provided early pointers, but feedback is not causing the force significant concern, the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) said.
The force is braced for more street protests over disruption to trade from the rest of the UK once the coronavirus emergency and lockdown restrictions ease.
Assistant Chief Constable Mark McEwan said: “We are seeing signals, there are signal incidents that have happened, particularly in recent days.
“We are starting to see graffiti, we are picking up social media sentiment of a growing discontent, particularly within the Protestant/loyalist/unionist community.
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Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Ian Paisley has been criticised by the chair of a Westminster committee for referring to the Catholic IRA .
The comment was made during a meeting of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on Wednesday.
Conservative MP Simon Hoare told Mr Paisley the remark was not conducive to moving things forward .
Alliance Party MP Stephen Farry asked to be disassociated from the remark by Mr Paisley, the North Antrim MP.
Mr Paisley said: Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, where we remember victims of the Holocaust and other genocides around the world.
Ian Paisley Jr criticised for linking IRA activities to Catholicism
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Ian Paisley Junior (File photo)
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DUP MP IAN Paisley Junior has faced criticism from counterparts in the UK House of Commons after linking activities by the IRA with Catholicism.
Paisley’s reference to the sectarian murder campaign by the “Catholic IRA” drew critical responses from fellow members of the parliament’s Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Paisley was questioning Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis on legacy issues and was asking him if he was going to push the Irish Government to do more to secure justice for IRA killin
A DUP MP has faced criticism from parliamentary counterparts after linking the IRA with Catholicism.
Ian Paisley’s reference to the sectarian murder campaign by the “Catholic IRA” drew critical responses from fellow members of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee.
Mr Paisley was questioning Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis on legacy issues and was asking him if he was going to push the Irish Government to do more to secure justice for IRA killings in border areas during the Troubles.
“Today is Holocaust Memorial Day where we remember victims of Holocaust and also other genocide around the world and in Northern Ireland of course we remember the border campaign and the genocide of sectarian murder where the IRA, the Catholic IRA, murdered Protestants at the border,” said North Antrim MP Mr Paisley.