Ireland to ban balaclavas after anti-immigration violence
The TelegraphIn November last year, businesses were looted and trams torched in Dublin city centre after children were attacked outside a city centre creche. ‘Repugnant to everything the Irish flag represents’ On Sunday, the Taoiseach expressed disgust at those “flying the Irish Tricolour whilst attacking police and spouting racism”. After holding talks with Michelle O’Neill, the First Minister of Northern Ireland, he said: “This is repugnant to everything the Irish flag represents.” Irish police and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are working together on an investigation into the riots in Belfast, which saw businesses attacked and one set on fire. Liam Kelly, the Police Federation for Northern Ireland chairman, said: “Our teams showed professionalism throughout in the face of such hate-filled racism and far-Right thuggery. Hate has no place on our streets, and it has to stop before it causes further damage or results in innocent people being hurt by the baying mob.” The BBC’s Belfast offices were in lockdown on Monday “to ensure staff safety” ahead of an anti-immigration protest in the city centre.
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