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SIXTY residents from interface areas in North and West Belfast have completed a cross- community course that aims to build respect and understanding as part of a wider programme examining attitudes to peace barriers and their removal.
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 peaceline to come down, more than 20 years after the Good Friday Agreement 42% still preferred them to rema...