British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting. The UK’s Northern Ireland secretary called for British unionists and Irish nationalists to find compromise, as a stand-off over whether a unionist parade in a nationalist area can go ahead risks upending the region’s fragile government. Key points and original sources are listed below.
- British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting. Thousands of protesters, many wearing balaclavas, gathered to block the ma...S1
- The UK’s Northern Ireland secretary called for British unionists and Irish nationalists to find compromise, as a stand-off over whether a unionist parade in a nationalist area can go ahead risks upending the region’s fragile government.S2