{"id":5212,"date":"2021-05-22T02:12:32","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T02:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5212"},"modified":"2021-05-22T02:12:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T02:12:32","slug":"northern-ireland-is-in-the-midst-of-its-heaviest-unrest-in-years-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=5212","title":{"rendered":"Northern Ireland is in the midst of its heaviest unrest in years. Here\u2019s why."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“A great deal of the initial violence<\/a> came after state prosecutors decided last month they would not charge the leaders of nationalist party Sinn Fein for breaking Covid-19 regulations in June by attending the funeral for Bobby Storey. Storey was a former top member of the Irish Republican Army, the paramilitary group that waged a violent campaign against the British and for a reunified Ireland during the Troubles
 Many unionists perceived the decision to not prosecute the members of the party as a sign of political favoritism, given that unionists were told to cancel their traditional Twelfth of July parades last summer, and the loaded symbolism surrounding the funeral. The decision sparked outrage and protests.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

…
“another major factor fueling the anger and protests is the way that many in Northern Ireland feel betrayed by the terms of Brexit \u2014 the United Kingdom\u2019s departure from the European Union \u2014 which was completed at the beginning of this year. Some unionists feel blindsided by the British government, which they believe has left them in the lurch”
…
“Another complicating factor is that the period around the Easter holiday often features \u201cincreased communal conflict<\/a>,\u201d Politico notes, because of Irish Republican Army commemorations among nationalists in Northern Ireland on the one side and unionist parades on the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further complications may be coming from criminal groups who might be trying to add to the chaos and exploit tensions over Covid-19<\/a> restrictions in order to cause problems for law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s a complex array of factors that could explain what\u2019s contributing to the current chaos \u2014 and given that swirl, it could evolve further in the future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2021\/4\/10\/22377216\/northern-ireland-belfast-riots-violence-protests<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“A great deal of the initial violence came after state prosecutors decided last month they would not charge the leaders of nationalist party Sinn Fein for breaking Covid-19 regulations in June by attending the funeral for Bobby Storey. Storey was a former top member of the Irish Republican Army, the paramilitary group that waged a violent campaign against the British and for a reunified Ireland during the Troubles<\/p>\n

Many unionists perceived the decision to not prosecute the members of the party as a sign of political favoritism, given that unionists were told to cancel their traditional Twelfth of July parades last summer, and the loaded symbolism surrounding the funeral. The decision sparked outrage and protests.” <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“another major factor fueling the anger and protests is the way that many in Northern Ireland feel betrayed by the terms of Brexit \u2014 the United Kingdom\u2019s departure from the European Union \u2014 which was completed at the beginning of this year. Some unionists feel blindsided by the British government, which they believe has left them in the lurch”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Another complicating factor is that the period around the Easter holiday often features \u201cincreased communal conflict,\u201d Politico notes, because of Irish Republican Army commemorations among nationalists in Northern Ireland on the one side and unionist parades on the other.
\nFurther complications may be coming from criminal groups who might be trying to add to the chaos and exploit tensions over Covid-19 restrictions in order to cause problems for law enforcement.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a complex array of factors that could explain what\u2019s contributing to the current chaos \u2014 and given that swirl, it could evolve further in the future.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1294],"class_list":["post-5212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5213,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5212\/revisions\/5213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}