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Northern Ireland riots: What's behind the recent violence in Northern Ireland? CNN 14 hrs ago By Kara Fox, CNN © Peter Morrison/AP A man walks past a burning car that was hijacked by Loyalists at the Cloughfern roundabout in Newtownabbey, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday April 3, 2021. Masked men threw petrol bombs and hijacked cars in the Loyalist area North of Belfast. Loyalists and unionists are angry about post-Brexit trading arrangements which they claim have created barriers between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. For over a week, riots have marred the s...

I Grew Up In Belfast. These Rioters On Our Streets Speak For No One There’s really not a deeper intellectual meaning behind these riots, other than Northern Ireland simply has not learned from it’s past, writes Christopher Megrath. Growing up in South Belfast’s Sandy Row, a loyalist epicentre where Ulster murals and physical history of the troubles are still recognised and commemorated, I know the street is more than its reputation. The same goes for the Shankill, a much forgotten and slum-like area whose only charm comes from its people – ironic given the certain circumstances.  My ...

BBC News By Michael McBride image copyrightCharles McQuillan image captionPolice deployed water cannon for the first time in six years during Thursday's disorder Crowds of predominantly young people have rioted almost nightly in different parts of Northern Ireland since the end of March. Children as young as 12 have been involved in the disorder, with violent clashes erupting in Londonderry, Belfast, Carrickfergus, Ballymena and Newtownabbey. More than 70 police officers have been hurt. BBC News NI spoke to young people from different backgrounds about the unrest. 'Young people are being for...

Who are loyalists in Northern Ireland? Updated: 8 Apr 2021, 9:49 VIOLENT riots have broken out in Northern Ireland amid growing tensions between loyalists and nationalists at the post-Brexit barriers between the region and the rest of the UK. Nightly outbreaks of protests have escalated to the point of attacks on police officers and a hijacked bus being set alight. 3 A hijacked bus was set on fire on a busy street in a pro-British area of Belfast during ongoing days of unrestCredit: Splash Who are loyalists in Northern Ireland? Loyalists in Northern Ireland are those who want to remain part o...

I have spoken to many former paramilitaries, some of whom killed, and asked what motivated them. Many of them started as young as 14. They enjoyed rioting with little sense of political possibilities, but then they got hardened by their experiences of arrest and interrogation. Or they saw the Troubles get more violent and more threatening and, by then, they were already involved in organisations which were preparing for war. Bobby Storey was only 15 when he joined the IRA. For all that he is remembered as a hard man and a tactician, it can hardly be assumed that he had worked out his motivati...