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A group of former political and religious leaders have urged the Prime Minister to “step up” to tackle recent violence in Northern Ireland. Police came under sustained and violent attack on both sides of a Belfast peace wall earlier this month following successive nights of violence. Loyalists staged protests at the so-called border in the Irish Sea following Brexit, claiming the Northern Ireland Protocol has undermined the region’s place within the Union. There is also anger at a decision not to prosecute Sinn Fein members for alleged coronavirus regulation breaches at a funeral last y...

Trouble flared after an un-notified parade in Moygashel, Co Tyrone, on Saturday Connla Young 26 April, 2021 01:00 Police were attacked by loyalists after an un-notified loyalist protest parade in Co Tyrone at the weekend. Petrol bombs and other missiles were thrown after the parade at Moygashel, near Dungannon, on Saturday. A burning barricade was also placed across a road during the disturbances. Police say one officer injured after being struck by masonry. It has also been reported that police came under attack in the Sandy Row area of south Belfast o...

Senior political, religious and policing figures raise violence concerns in open letter to PM Boris Johnson Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been urged to act Connla Young Former Secretary of State Peter Hain A GROUP of high profile political, policing and religious figures have penned an open letter to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urging him to act in the wake of recent loyalist violence. Signatories include four former Secretaries of State Peter Hain, Peter Mandelson, Paul Murphy and Shaun Woodward as well as former PSNI chief constable Hugh Orde ...

Violence in west Belfast as loyalist protests resume Violence broke out in west Belfast last night. Picture by Pacemaker Violence broke out in west Belfast last night. Picture by Pacemaker LOYALIST protests resumed across Northern Ireland last night, with disturbances breaking out in west Belfast. A fire was lit in the middle of the Shankill Road, close to where a Metro bus was hijacked and set alight earlier this month. Police also came under attack from youths throwing missiles. A crowd of mainly boys and young men gathered at Lanark Way and the Shankill Road yesterday e...

Loyalist protests against Northern Ireland Protocol to restart Loyalist protest and blocked Lanark Way in west Belfast An outbreak of violence at Cloughfern in the loyalist Rathcoole area of Newtownabbey UNANNOUNCED loyalist protests are expected to restart today, following a week-long cessation following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh. A group calling itself the Ards & North Down Loyalist Collective indicated that unnotified band parades will take place in Bangor and Newtownards at 7pm tonight. The message was carried on various loyalist Facebook sites, including one ...