Northern Ireland talks attempt to quell violence share United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he is in the process of ending harsh Brexit border checks in Northern Ireland in an effort to calm tensions between unionists and loyalists.
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom that shares a western and southern border with the Republic of Ireland—a country part of the European Union. Although tensions have existed for decades between the mostly-Protestant loyalists—who wish to remain part of the U.K.—and the mostly-Catholic unionists—who wish to remain part of Ireland and the EU—violence erupted on a scale not seen in decades.