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# belfast violence

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Opinion: The violence this week was choreographed by criminal gangs using children as fodder

Emma DeSouza says the unrest in the North is not a failure of peace but a failure of leadership.

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Apr 9th 2021, 3:07 PM

Brian Rowan: Once again, the politics of Northern Ireland is in a mess and violence has won out

The former BBC correspondent and author says it’s like a rewind button has been pressed to the past in the North.

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Apr 8th 2021, 10:08 AM