Paisley: 'Communities must back removal of peace walls'

Plans to dismantle Belfast’s network of so-called peace walls dividing loyalist and nationalist neighbourhoods must be driven by both communities, Stormont First Minister Ian Paisley said today.

During his last ministerial question time in Stormont before he steps down next month, the outgoing Democratic Unionist leader welcomed New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s argument during the US-Northern Ireland Investment Conference last week that the walls must come down if the city wanted to maximise American investment.