An anti-agreement unionist councillor has defended the loyalist protestors who were widely condemned for mounting a noisy protest during a Catholic ceremony at a mixed cemetery in Belfast last month.

A 16-year-old has been arrested following a loyalist riot at a Catholic religious ceremony in north Belfast yesterday.

Up to 200 loyalist protesters disrupted a Catholic church service at a cemetery on the outskirts of Belfast today.

A loyalist councillor has escaped injury after shots were fired at his home on the outskirts of north Belfast last night.

A gun attack was launched on the home of a loyalist councillor on the outskirts of North Belfast tonight in what was seen as the latest phase of the bitter ongoing feud between rival factions.