Hestia Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Over the last week or so, violence has erupted in Northern Ireland. Here's a small article below from Bloomberg, and it seems that the majority of the violence at the moment is loyalist/unionist inspired by what outlets are reporting. Relations between Sinn Fein and the DUP have somehow gotten even worse, but more importantly, smaller parties in the Stormont like Alliance are lashing out at the DUP as well (Alliance is a cross-community party, the only one really). Brexit injected a lot of unease into the area...we can only hope it gets better from here. I don't claim to know the intricacies of the Protocol vs the Good Friday Agreement, but something has changed for this to all of a sudden be a problem once again. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-07/u-k-s-johnson-deeply-concerned-by-northern-ireland-violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 My class was recommended by a teacher to read this article. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/05/further-violence-breaks-out-in-northern-ireland-despite-appeals-for-calm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted April 8, 2021 Author Share Posted April 8, 2021 3 hours ago, ConservativeElector2 said: My class was recommended by a teacher to read this article. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/05/further-violence-breaks-out-in-northern-ireland-despite-appeals-for-calm https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/apr/08/uk-covid-live-matt-hancock-astrazeneca-vaccine-safe-all-ages-moderna-pfizer-boris-johnson-coronavirus-latest-updates?page=with:block-606edef88f08098d4e0582b9#liveblog-navigation A good live update stream by the Guardian as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted April 8, 2021 Share Posted April 8, 2021 I like Irish culture and history very much and I think the era of The Troubles are an immensely interesting subject that needs to be studied deeply. The fact a society so close together can be divided so much is pretty sad. I'd love to know the notions of any neighborhood or wards in Northern Irish cities in order to understand the long division better. While I am a Catholic myself, I generally lean towards British unionism and disagree very much with how Sinn Féin wanted and to some extend still wants to enforce their vision of a united Ireland. However, I can understand the standpoint of both sides very well, which clearly adds to the captivating atmosphere Ireland on the whole is able to ignite 🇮🇪 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted April 9, 2021 Author Share Posted April 9, 2021 https://sluggerotoole.com/2021/04/08/for-the-sake-of-future-generations-we-simply-cannot-go-on-like-this/ This is an incredibly good article as well. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/8/2021 at 10:52 AM, ConservativeElector2 said: My class was recommended by a teacher to read this article. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/05/further-violence-breaks-out-in-northern-ireland-despite-appeals-for-calm My class was on Thursday again, but we didn't talk about Northern Ireland. I guess it's due to the respect for Prince Philip that the violence has ended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConservativeElector2 Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dungiven-bomb-plot-new-ira-admit-responsibility-for-attempted-attack-on-psni-officer-40343105.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hestia Posted April 23, 2021 Author Share Posted April 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, ConservativeElector2 said: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/dungiven-bomb-plot-new-ira-admit-responsibility-for-attempted-attack-on-psni-officer-40343105.html We really don't need more of this 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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