The chairman of the Holy Cross Catholic primary school in north Belfast has revealed that applications for admission to the school have fallen by 50% this year.

The British government has ruled out building a 40ft wall between Catholic and Protestant communities near the Holy Cross primary school in north Belfast.

Northern Ireland’s Education Minister Martin McGuinness is insisting that loyalist death threats against staff at Catholic schools in North Belfast must be lifted immediately.

Police have confirmed that two more Catholic schools in the North were attacked during the weekend.

Security is to be tightened at schools in Belfast after an alleged threat against teachers by loyalist terrorists.

The children attending Holy Cross School in the Ardoyne area of Belfast have walked home without incident this evening.

Pupils of the Holy Cross girls’ primary school in north Belfast walked to school in peace this morning, despite two nights of sectarian rioting centred around the Catholic school.

It has been announced that the Holy Cross Catholic girls primary school will reopen tomorrow.

A footpath row between two mothers sparked the new outbreak of sectarian violence which erupted in flashpoint North Belfast, police said today.

The Catholic primary school at the eye of the latest violence to engulf North Belfast was closed today to prevent any of its young pupils being injured.

The White House’s special adviser on Northern Ireland has called for more understanding of growing alienation among the unionist community.

Community leaders in north Belfast are expected to hold talks later today in an effort to prevent an escalation of tensions between nationalists and loyalists in the Ardoyne area.

Violence has flared close to the Holy Cross School in Ardoyne in Belfast.

Reports are coming in that trouble has flared close to the Holy Cross School in the Ardoyne area of Belfast.

Political leaders in the North are finalising a package to tackle the dispute between Catholics and loyalists in North Belfast.

Children sitting the second part of their 11-plus exam in the Holy Cross School in North Belfast will again be forced to walk the back road to their school today.

An end to the Holy Cross School dispute could be in sight, it was claimed tonight.

The scenes of loyalist protest at a north Belfast Catholic school have appalled the world, South African peace campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu declared today.

There were angry scenes at the Holy Cross School in Ardoyne this morning as Catholic parents walked to school to see their children take part in a Halloween fancy dress party.

Northern Ireland Human Rights Chief, Bruce Dickson, has issued fresh calls for loyalists to end their school protest in North Belfast.

Loyalists today began another week of protests outside the Holy Cross school in north Belfast amid warnings that pupils could be damaged permanently.

At least two police officers were injured when serious loyalist rioting broke out in north Belfast.

At least two police officers were injured when serious loyalist rioting broke out in north Belfast tonight.

Protesting loyalist residents in north Belfast have held an hour-long meeting with the board of governors of Holy Cross School for the first time in over a week.

Loyalist residents of the Ardoyne area of north Belfast say there will be another protest tomorrow when Catholic parents take their children to the Holy Cross School.

Talks between Protestant residents from Belfast’s Ardoyne and the Northern Secretary John Reid to try to end the Holy Cross standoff have been put back until Tuesday evening.

Loyalists held a silent protest and turned their backs on Catholic parents bringing their children to Holy Cross school in the Ardoyne today.

Nationalists in the Ardoyne are to hold a rally in support of the parents and children of Holy Cross school in the area this morning.

The protest by loyalists at the Holy Cross School in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast has passed off without incident.

Three men have been arrested in connection with a blast bomb thrown as Catholic children made their way to their primary school during the third day of protests in north Belfast.

The Northern Ireland Secretary, John Reid, has cut short his holiday to deal with the violence at the Holy Cross School in the Ardoyne area of North Belfast.

Pupils at a north Belfast Catholic primary school were expected to return to school today despite the violence which plagued the start of the new term.

There was more violence in north Belfast this evening as parents arrived to take their children home from the Holy Cross school in Ardoyne.

There have been violent scuffles outside a Belfast Catholic school as children return to their classes after their summer break.

A Protestant community worker in north Belfast was today considering his role in efforts to resolve a dispute with nationalists after his home was targeted in a paint bomb attack.

Catholic parents are to step up efforts to end the violence gripping North Belfast.

Shots were fired, petrol bombs thrown and police officers injured when sectarian street violence in Belfast turned into serious rioting overnight.