Bus-burning protests cannot become the new norm in NI, minister warns

The scene on Abbott Drive in Newtownards near Belfast, after a bus was hijacked and set alight in an attack politicians have linked to loyalist opposition to Brexit’s Northern Ireland Protocol. Picture date: Monday November 1, 2021.

Bus burning cannot become the new norm for protest in Northern Ireland, a Stormont minister has said.

Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon said it was “deeply frustrating” that many evening services had been suspended and rerouted due to the recent incidents of vehicle hijacking and burning.