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“THANK God we are surrounded by water” is a little Irish ditty by Dominic Behan.

"It is deeply worrying that we continue to see an unacceptable level of drugs within the area that are destroying lives and decimating communities,” says Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart after a meeting with local police chiefs.

The Loyalist Communities Council made the comments at a meeting of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

SHARE Ever since Ireland was freed from British rule in 1921, Northern Ireland's existence has been controversial, and the knot in an often bloody tug-of-war between warring factions. The province's troubled past, fragile present and uncertain future are disputed endlessly between pro-UK unionists and republicans who favour union with Ireland. Northern Ireland was created on May 3, 1921 when the island was split in two after the Irish war for independence. "The centenary of Northern Ireland is by its very nature divisive, and it can't be anything but divisive," said Jonathan Evershed, a res...

Petrol bombs, police patrols as N.Ireland 'celebrates' 100th year AFP 3 hrs ago AFP © Paul Faith Smoke rising from a roadblock two weeks before Northern Ireland marks its centenary signals the deep divisions in the British province Two weeks before Northern Ireland's 100th anniversary, black smoke from a burning roadblock billowed into the Belfast sky, signalling the deep divisions overshadowing the province's centenary landmark.  © Paul Faith "All generations are angry and frustrated at what's going on," David McNarry (R), of the Loyalist Communities Council, says As...