UK PM Starmer: We have police in place to deal with anti-Muslim riots
Liverpool, UK Reuters British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said sufficient police would be on the streets to handle anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant riots in the coming days as he sought to reassure communities braced for more violent protests on Wednesday. Riots across a number of towns and cities have erupted following the murder of three girls […]
Renewed rioting sweeps British cities in wake of child murders
Liverpool, England/Belfast Reuters Violent disorder swept across several British cities on Saturday, injuring police and damaging property in the most widespread rioting in the country for 13 years, following the murder of three young girls in north-west England. Riots involving hundreds of anti-immigration protesters have erupted in towns and cities after false information spread rapidly […]
Essay: Belfast has more peace walls now than 25 years ago – removing them will be a complex challenge
In an article first published on The Conversation, TERESA GARCÍA ALCARAZ, of Queen’s University Belfast, says little progress has been made on removing the walls since a 2013 decision to have them all removed by this year…
Biden urges Northern Ireland leaders to seize “incredible economic opportunity”
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK Reuters US President Joe Biden urged Northern Irish political leaders to restore their power-sharing government with the promise that scores of major US corporations were ready to invest in the region as he marked the 25th anniversary of peace in Belfast. Biden, who is fiercely proud of his Irish heritage, spent […]
Work to be done, PM Sunak says 25 years after Northern Irish peace deal
London, UK Reuters A quarter of century since the signing of a peace deal that largely ended violence in Northern Ireland, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said efforts had to be intensified to restore the power-sharing government central to the accord. Signed in Belfast on 10th April, 1998, the Good Friday agreement is considered one […]
Northern Ireland victims’ families feel justice further away then ever
Belfast, Northern Ireland Reuters The Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of bloodshed in Northern Ireland, but for many relatives of the more than 3,600 people killed the peace accord has offered little closure over the past 25 years. In a short section, the deal said it was essential to address the suffering of […]
Reconciliation and community-building: Grassroots faith leaders navigate a Northern Ireland in flux
PETER SMITH, of Associated Press, reports on how faith leaders are continuing the work of bringing separated communities together…
Queen’s coffin arrives at Buckingham Palace as huge crowds line London route
London/Belfast, UK Reuters King Charles III and members of the royal family received the coffin of the late Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, after tens of thousands of people lined the streets in heavy rain to mark its arrival in the British capital. On a dark night, the well-lit hearse travelled slowly […]
British Army killed innocent civilians in Belfast in 1971 – inquiry
Belfast, Northern Ireland Reuters British soldiers unjustifiably shot or used disproportionate force in the deaths of nine of the 10 innocent people killed in a 1971 incident in Belfast that sparked an upsurge of violence during Northern Ireland’s “Troubles”, a judge-led inquiry found. A Catholic priest and a mother of eight who served soldiers tea […]
Northern Irish leaders struggle to quell worst violence in years
Belfast, Northern Ireland Reuters Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government put aside factional differences on Thursday to appeal for calm after more than a week of nightly violence partly fuelled by frustration among pro-British unionists over post-Brexit trade barriers. Hundreds of youths in the British province’s capital Belfast set a hijacked bus on fire and attacked police […]