Boris Johnson urged to ‘step up’ for Northern Ireland

Former political and religious leaders have urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ‘step up’ to tackle recent violence in Northern Ireland. Picture: Niall Carson/PA

A group of former political and religious leaders have urged the British Prime Minister to “step up” to tackle recent violence in Northern Ireland.

Police came under sustained and violent attack on both sides of a Belfast peace wall earlier this month following successive nights of violence.