Talks continue over Belfast riots

(Vatican Radio) Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers are expected to meet Police Chief Matt Baggott today to discuss the recent rioting in north Belfast. More than 60 police officers were injured over a number of nights as violence continues in the area. Tensions reached boiling point following recent disputes about parades.

Lydia O’Kane spoke to Belfast based political analyst Robin Wilson about the division within the Northern Ireland leadership on the parades issue.

“Because of this deadlock between the first and deputy first minister there has been an absence of leadership which has been bemoaned by the police on the ground…”

Paramilitary violence between the province's mainly nationalists and pro-British loyalists, which raged for three decades, was largely ended by a 1998 peace agreement, but much of Belfast remains divided along sectarian lines. Listen