Golf star tweets for calm after city riots

Northern Ireland golf star Darren Clarke took to Twitter yesterday to call for calm following the recent riots in Belfast.

The city has seen a series of ugly confrontations following Belfast City Council’s decision to fly the union flag at city hall only on specific days rather than every day.

The 2011 Open Champion said he was upset at the violence and called for compromise. “So sad to see, from the other side of the world, what’s going on at home in NI. We have come so far, please compromise,” he tweeted.