There are approximately 100 such barriers, known as “peace walls,” found across Northern Ireland in places where Catholics and Protestants live in close proximity — so-called “interface areas.” These ...

Community groups in the town have welcomed the removal of the peace wall.

A peace wall in a Co Armagh town blighted by sectarian tension is to be removed after community agreement was reached. Work to remove the fencing at Water Street in Portadown began in recent days. The ...

The Daily Mirror warns that some peace projects have "gone to the wall" because of a lack of devolved government in Northern Ireland. It features a photo of one of Belfast's biggest peace walls ...

Northern Ireland's capital city Belfast still has so-called peace walls, or barriers, that separate Catholic and Protestant areas. As gates open and close every morning and evening, the divide ...

Haass discusses his role as the chair of the Panel of parties in the Northern Ireland Executive and the remit of forging consensus on the use of flags and emblems; the regulation of parades ...

Black taxi tours of peace walls across Belfast are popular with tourists who come to ‘see the legacy of conflict and see the history’ of Northern Ireland (Niall Carson/PA) PA Archive “A lot ...

There are still over 20 miles of peace walls - or peace lines - across Northern Ireland, the majority across Belfast. They divide predominantly unionist and nationalist areas and some date back to ...

It does not apply to Irish citizens travelling into Northern Ireland who are exempt under ... taxi tours in Belfast which take in miles of peace walls to still separate communities in parts ...