CITY MP TACKLES ULSTER VIOLENCE; Minister says school blockade must end.NORTHERN Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. security minister Jane Kennedy Jane Kennedy may refer to:
As a second night of angry protest erupted in the Ardoyne area close to the Holy Cross RC primary school, the Liverpool Wavertree Labour MP said the attempted blockade must end immediately. She said: "I think it is important for those that are involved in the violence to understand that our priority must be those children, the safety of the children and the importance of creating an environment in which those children can go to school unmolested." The controversy centres on Catholic families asserting their right to walk down a traditionally Protestant stretch of road on their way to school, rather than taking an alternative route. The protests are expected to resume today after a night of violence which saw loyalist gunmen fire on the Royal Ulster Constabulary The Royal Ulster Constabulary GC (RUC) (Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga Ulaidh) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). at Ardoyne Road. Two police officers were slightly injured as the security forces created a barrier between rival loyalist and nationalist mobs. Petrol bombs, nail bombs and blast bombs were thrown at police lines during disturbances close to the area where loyalists are engaged in an ongoing protest to prevent Catholic children going to school. In the Glenbryn area, a large crowd of loyalists threw bottles bricks, fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to and ball bearings ball bearings n → roulement m à billes at the security forces. There were also reports of clashes between rival mobs in the North Queen Street, Limestone Road and Westland Road areas. The trouble followed another day of violence. Three officers were hurt in clashes with loyalists, one needing treatment for a broken collarbone col·lar·bone n. See clavicle. after a pipebomb exploded just yards away from the school early today. Meanwhile, detectives investigating the death of a Protestant teenager in the Whitewell area of north Belfast will revisit the area to try to identify witnesses. The RUC RUC Royal Ulster Constabulary: a former name for the Police Service of Northern Ireland RUC n abbr (= Royal Ulster Constabulary) → fuerza de policía en Irlanda del Norte RUC (Brit have said the death of Thomas McDonald, 16, who was knocked off his BMX BMX abbr. bicycle motocross BMX Noun 1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle 2. bicycle, was being treated as murder. He was hit by a car which mounted a footpath in the city's Whitewell area, where rival crowds had stoned and petrol bombed each other just hours earlier. Police later arrested a 32year-old woman and were questioning three others in connection with the incident. CAPTION(S): TERROR: Children and parents run for cover after a suspected blast bomb was thrown as they made their way to school along the Ardoyne Road in Belfast today DEATH SCENE: A detective inspects the youth's bike |
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