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‘Brexit failed us completely’: Northern Ireland is a country divided again Claire McNeilly They were scenes we thought had been consigned to a darker history. Mass rioting in the streets of Belfast, Newtownabbey, Carrickfergus, Ballymena, Coleraine and Londonderry; petrol bombs and missiles being thrown at police and others; hijacked and burned vehicles; a city skyline tinged with smoke and flames. Last night, furniture was set alight in the middle of a Belfast street. Welcome to post-Brexit Northern Ireland. It’s all darkly familiar to those that remember the Troubles, ...

Stormont ministers unite to slam violence, rioting Top Story April 9, 2021 BELFAST: Ministers in the Stormont Executive have condemned the violence and rioting that has erupted in Northern Ireland, prompting united calls for calm to be restored. The Northern Ireland Executive issued a joint statement following a meeting of the powersharing administration to discuss the escalating public disorder. Assembly members also united to condemn the violence, unanimously passing an Alliance motion after being recalled to discuss the scenes. Earlier ministers were given an update by PSNI Chief Constab...

What Northern Ireland is facing now is not remotely on the scale of 1971 and the balance of power and political complexion have changed dramatically. But it is also striking how we are witnessing an updated version of the unionist denial and delusion of 50 years ago and how the capacity to look forward and adapt to changed reality is so compromised by recourse to historic siege tactics. The outward defiance is tempered by understandably deep anxieties, which need to be managed through a process of dialogue rather than a massaging of those fears and falling back on a self-image of persecution ...

Arlene Foster speaks with PSNI chief constable as Stormont is recalled to debate violence Justice Minister Naomi Long said it was “a mercy” that nobody was killed. By Rónán Duffy Thursday 8 Apr 2021, 12:46 PM 4 hours ago 10,338 Views 15 Comments Arlene Foster joined today's meeting by video link. Image: NIAssembly Image: NIAssembly THE STORMONT ASSEMBLY has heard calls for an end to street violence in Northern Ireland, with First Min...

Ministers in the Stormont Executive have condemned the violence and rioting that has erupted in Northern Ireland, prompting united calls for calm to be restored. The Northern Ireland Executive issued a joint statement following a meeting of the powersharing administration to discuss the escalating public disorder. Assembly members also united to condemn the violence, unanimously passing an Alliance motion after being recalled to discuss the scenes. Earlier ministers were given an update by PSNI Chief Constable Simon Byrne. In a statement, the Executive said: “We are gravely concerned by the...