PLANS for social housing blocks at a peace wall in North Belfast have been given the green light despite opposition from unionist councillors and over 400 written objections.

Belfast's Peace walls run through some of the city’s most deprived areas ... Initially the peace lines came about as a temporary solution to the outbreak of the Troubles in 1969.

Belfast council has approved social housing blocks beside a peace wall in the north of the city despite unionist opposition and over 400 objections. At the monthly meeting of the Belfast City ...

Peace lines, like this one in Belfast, are reminders of decades of bloodshed. They largely divided the two communities and were meant to alleviate violence. Image.

Spingboard's Wall2Wall project works with young people aged between 16-20 years old who reside on either side of Belfast’s peace wall at Cupar Way in Clonard and Shankill.. The programme looks ...

October 24, 2023 at 7:15pm BST. THE evolution of Belfast's peace lines across a quarter-century of significant change for the city is explored in a new book featuring the work of celebrated ...

News; UK News; UK riots; Belfast riots: Car rammed into peace gates as explosives, fireworks and rocks thrown The walls and fences were built between the two communities to prevent clashes during ...

Unlike the Berlin Wall, which was a singular line cutting the city in half, on a map Belfast’s walls are haphazard strikes and dabs. And crucially, unlike Berlin, the walls were not torn down ...

The Peace Train group formed committees in Dublin and Belfast, then one in London after the Provisional IRA killed trainee soldier William Davies at Lichfield station in June 1990, and a commuter ...

Belfast council has approved social housing blocks beside a peace wall in the north of the city despite unionist opposition and over 400 objections.