Belfast peace-lines to be extended for marching season
Officials in the North have announced plans to extend two of the so-called "peace-lines" in Belfast ahead of the upcoming loyalist marching season.
The "peace-lines" between the Shankill Road and Falls Road areas in the west of the city and between the Short Strand and the Newtownards Road in the east of the city will be raised by 15 feet as part of the plans.
The loyalist marching season has traditionally sparked clashes between nationalist and loyalist youths living on either side of the "peace-lines", which are a series of massive fences erected to keep the two communities apart.
