Blighty | Disorder in Belfast

Same old story

The re-emergence of inter-communal feuding reflects the shaky structure of the peace deal

By B.C.

WHATEVER else changes in the world, Ulster's Protestant-Catholic feuds never seem to go away; in the words of Winston Churchill, after the first world war, "as the deluge subsides and the waters fall short we see the dreary steeples of Fermanagh and Tyrone emerging once again."

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