Sinn Fein calls for independent observers

An independent team of observers is needed to establish who is responsible for triggering street clashes along one of Belfast’s sectarian interfaces, it was claimed today.

After another night of violence in east Belfast, Sinn Fein councillor Joe O’Donnell called on the Irish and British governments and the Northern Ireland Assembly to appoint an independent team to monitor the flashpoint area between the nationalist Short Strand and loyalist Cluan Place.