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Claim: A British Army veteran who served in Northern Ireland during the Troubles is 54 times more likely than a Republican or Loyalist paramilitary to be prosecuted for alleged offences pre-dating the 1998 Belfast Agreement. (McCue and Partners, 2020-02-25)
Evidence (2024-07-06): The Troubles in Northern Ireland were a 30-year dispute steeped in both religious conflict between the Catholics and the Protestants and geopolitical conflict between the British and the Irish. These tensions, which date back hundreds of years, came to a head in Northern Ireland between 1969 and 1998 when the opposing sides of the conflict used guerilla warfare tactics to inflict damage on rival paramilitary organizations and civilians alike. Though the Troubles officially ended in 1998, the repercussions of the turmoil are still seen today through persisting segregation, continued paramilitary aggression, mental health struggles, and political turmoil throughout the country. While steps are being taken in order to address the consequences of the Troubles through promoting mental health programs and working towards integrated education, the deeply rooted societal tensions in Northern Ireland continue to act as barriers to overcoming these lingering problems. [...] The Troubles in Northern Ireland officially began in 1969 and lasted until 1998, when the Good Friday Agreement was signed.11 However, the tensions that led to the explosive 30-year conflict date back to the early 1100s when the British invaded Ireland and brought their laws, language, and customs into the land.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-04-27): The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.”
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2024-09-25): The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election was held on 5 May 2022. It elected 90 members to the Northern Ireland Assembly. It was the seventh assembly election since the establishment of the assembly in 1998. The election was held three months after the Northern Ireland Executive collapsed due to the resignation of the First Minister, Paul Givan of the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), in protest against the Northern Ireland Protocol.[2] [...] - ^ a b "NI election 2022: DUP blocks new NI government in Brexit protest". BBC News. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022. [...] External links [edit]2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election manifestos:
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-05-11): NI election 2022: DUP threatens to stop NI Assembly functioning
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2023-08-05): This is despite the emergence of some data that suggests that Northern Ireland’s economy is actually better off under the current arrangement. But economics are secondary to the true north star in Northern Ireland politics: identity issues. Fair or not, the perception among many of Northern Ireland’s unionists that they are losing ground in their own country has undermined the peace process.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2024-06-24): DUP’s General Election manifesto at a glance The DUP has placed an emphasis on making Northern Ireland work in its Speaking Up For Northern Ireland manifesto. [...] The DUP is calling for more defence spending in Northern Ireland as well as an increased RAF and Royal Navy presence in the region to "fortify the north-western naval and air patrol presence", arguing that would deter Russia’s "attempts to target undersea infrastructure around the UK".
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2024-01-19): The DUP is the second largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly but it has been blocking a functioning assembly and executive since February 2022.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-05-13): NI Election 2022: Prime minister to visit NI as DUP blocks assembly [...] DUP move things up a gear [...] This is the DUP moving things up a gear.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2024-01-31): DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson and Northern Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris are currently at a press conference in Hillsborough Castle.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-04-28): The DUP has pitched a "five-point plan" to voters as part of its Stormont Assembly election manifesto. [...] The DUP wants to invest an extra £1billion in the health service in a bid to cut waiting lists. This would include £700million over the course of the next Assembly term, with the full £1billion invested by 2030. [...] The DUP said the cost-of-living crisis is affecting many families in Northern Ireland and the party is "committed to supporting those most in need".
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-04-28): Our manifesto, published this afternoon, is a plan of real action and is the basis upon which I intent to lead the DUP into the next Assembly and the basis on which we will govern Northern Ireland. [...] The economy continues to be a priority for the DUP and we have a plan to grow the economy. [...] In the last Assembly, with support from the people, the DUP fought for and delivered more for health services, greater investment in infrastructure, more jobs and better education all as a strong part of the Union.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-05-08): NI election 2022: A shock to the system for DUP, but unsurprising - Published [...] DUP halcyon days now long ago [...] Treating Northern Ireland as, economically, another country from the rest of the UK was always going to raise unionist hackles.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2024-06-24): DUP manifesto: Key policies analysed - Published [...] The party even walked out of devolved government at Stormont over the Irish Sea border in 2022, and kept the power-sharing institutions down for two years, in a bid to secure changes to the arrangements. [...] This is something the DUP has been campaigning about for some time.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-04-29): NI election 2022: DUP faces electoral challenge after a torrid year - Published [...] The DUP has a five-point plan dealing with health, education, the economy, the cost of living and of course, the protocol. [...] NOTIFICATIONS: Sign up for Northern Ireland election alerts - Published14 April 2022 - Published4 May 2022 - Published8 April 2022
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2022-04-29): NI election 2022: DUP faces electoral challenge after a torrid year After a year in which the Democratic Unionist Party had three leaders - one of whom was allegedly "stabbed in the back" and another who lasted a mere three weeks - the party decided to launch its assembly election campaign in a cinema complete with popcorn. [...] The DUP has a five-point plan dealing with health, education, the economy, the cost of living and of course, the protocol.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2024-06-24): DUP manifesto: Key policies analysed [...] The party even walked out of devolved government at Stormont over the Irish Sea border in 2022, and kept the power-sharing institutions down for two years, in a bid to secure changes to the arrangements. [...] This is something the DUP has been campaigning about for some time.
Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
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Claim: The DUP manifesto for the 2022 Assembly election claims: “The crisis in available water and sewerage capacity in Northern Ireland is curtailing economic investment and access to fair and affordable housing. Without drains there can be no cranes. 25 of 27 ‘economic hub’ towns have compromised water infrastructure but only 12 will see investment by 2027.” (DUP, 2022-04-27)
Evidence (2024-09-25): The manifesto as a whole is packed with dog-whistle policies aimed at a small and rapidly dwindling minority of elderly, traditional conservatives, with no specific detail as to how any of the policies will be achieved. In any case, most are simply tinkering at the edges of our environmental crisis – more concerned with litter than climate change, for example. Worst of all – and this is especially true of the section on restoring water quality – the manifesto takes no account of 14 years of neglect, wilful mismanagement, corruption and misguided policies. It reads like a wish list for a party who have never been in power and have no chance of being in power in the foreseeable future. [...] The Conservative and Unionist Party Manifesto – by Henry Morris
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2016-12-01): North Howard Street: Vehicular and pedestrian gates open Monday to Saturday between 0630 hrs and 1830 hrs; the gates are closed on Sundays Northumberland Street: Vehicular and pedestrian gates open Monday to Saturday between 0630 hrs and 1830 hrs, and on Sunday between 1000 hrs and 1500 hrs Townsend Street: Vehicular and pedestrian gates open on Mondays to Thursdays between 0700 hrs and 1730 hrs, and on Fridays between 0700 hrs to 1800 hrs; the gates are closed on Saturday and Sunday Workman Avenue: Pedestrian gate open daily between 0700 hrs and 2100 hrs
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2022-02-26): One gate in the Shankill and Falls road is closed at 18:00, at Townsend Street. Other gates in this area close at other times (15:00, 18:30, 21:00, 22:30). The Department of Justice is responsible for the gates at four locations, and the PSNI for a fifth one. [...] During his visit, he was informed by his driver that the interface gates on the "peace lines" close at 6pm every evening, but locals contradictorily told him that the gates no longer shut in the evening. [...] FactCheckNI determined that in the Shankill and Falls areas, the walls are owned by the Department of Justice. The department added: "The Department of Justice is responsible for ensuring that interface gates are opened and closed at five locations around the general Falls and Shankill areas."
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2019-06-07): The imposing steel barrier which divides a side street between the Catholic Falls Road from the Protestant Shankill Road has been in place since August 1969. [...] She said there has been "considerable community engagement work" ahead of the changes to the interface structure through the Falls Shankill Community Forum.
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2023-11-26): As Battle Inc Gaming Club on the interface between the Falls Road and the Shankill Road gets underway on a cold Wednesday night, a young man not long moved to the city shyly enters through the doors and asks where he can sign up. [...] Yet just yards away from where the new pals sit in the Twin Spires business park are two heavy duty gates which separate the Falls and Shankill communities, shut around 7pm every evening. Gamers from the 100-strong club coming from the Shankill or further into North Belfast are put off coming to the club as getting home after the gates shut in the evening can add up to 40 minutes to their way home.
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2014-11-03): The Belfast Interface Project, which works to develop "creative approaches towards the regeneration" of the city's interface areas, has produced an interactive map of Belfast showing all the peace walls in the city. The map shows the sheer range of fences - some are buffers and fences, some gates with vehicle access, some solid walls and others are walls with fences above them to increase their height. [...] Recent years have seen progress but also setbacks in the journey to convince people the barriers can go. Gates in the walls to allow easier access typically close overnight or on Sundays. In 2011, a gate at Belfast's Alexandra Park — Europe's only public park bisected by a wall, which was built in 1994 to stop the open space being used for sectarian clashes — opened for the first time, though only for a few hours a day. In the same year, a gate that divided access between the Shankill and Falls Road communities started opening on Sundays.
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2024-07-17): The Shankill Road in Belfast is, like the nearby Falls Road, part of the city’s turbulent history. Instantly recognisable thanks to its Union flags and colourful Loyalist murals, the Shankill Road is a significant part of Belfast’s modern history. [...] As a result of the violence of August 1969, the British Army built a Peace Wall along Cupar Way to separate the Shankill Road and The Falls Road, thus keeping the two communities apart. 50 years later, it’s still standing.
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2024-10-07): West Belfast [edit]One of the deadliest interface areas in Northern Ireland was that between the loyalist Shankill Road and the republican Falls and Springfield roads. Reports of rioting between the two communities go back to at least the 19th century and in the post-war years violence between the young people from both sides was common on the many streets that linked the two areas.[20] Following the outbreak of the Troubles and a huge upturn in violence in these areas most of the direct points of access were sealed by peace lines, generating pockets of urban voids marked by dereliction and abandonment.[21] Low level violence and vandalism often occur at the points where the two areas come very close, notably where Ainsworth Avenue backs onto the Springfield Road, the points at which Kirk Street and Workman Avenue in the Woodvale area touch Springfield, the parts of the Highfield estate that border the Springfield Road[22] and where republican Bombay Street and loyalist Cupar Way almost meet. More recently, on 7 April 2021, the gate at Lanark Way, a road connecting the Springfield Road to the Shankill Road, was the site of rioting in protest against the ‘Northern Ireland Protocol’ of the UK Brexit withdrawal agreement. Other interfaces in west Belfast include the Donegall Road and Broadway, which are divided between the loyalist Village area and the republican St James's area by the roundabout where the Rise statue stands and the Stewartstown Road that divides the republican Lenadoon area from the loyalist Suffolk.[23]
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2024-09-13): The Shankill Road (from Irish Seanchill, meaning 'old church'[3]) is one of the main roads leading through West Belfast, in Northern Ireland. It runs through the working-class, predominantly loyalist, area known as the Shankill. [...] Several streets link the Shankill Road to the neighbouring Crumlin Road with the area around North Boundary Street formerly the stronghold of Johnny Adair's C Company. Several members of C Company who have died are commemorated on murals around the area, notably Stephen McKeag, William "Bucky" McCullough, who was killed by the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) in 1981 as part of a series of tit for tat murders between that group and the UDA[34] and Jackie Coulter, killed by the UVF during a loyalist feud in 2000.[35] The area links to the neighbouring Falls Road at Townsend Street and Northumberland Street where there are gates in the peace line that are opened in daytime. [...] - ^ "Shankill Road". Belfast City Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2023-08-03): The gates are mostly located at peace walls in Belfast, acting as dividing lines between predominantly unionist and nationalist areas. [...] This particular gate separates the largely nationalist Falls Road from the mostly unionist Shankill Road. [...] "The group has been great for making these connections, but when some programmes run later and the gates close it's harder for me to get back to the Shankill."
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2023-04-14): Officers maintained a presence at the interface gates at Lanark Way which remained closed until earlier this morning (Friday).
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2024-01-31): Every evening in Belfast, gates at the interface barriers on the Shankill and Falls roads are shut by 6pm. A wall that is three times higher than that which divided Berlin still separates the citizens of Northern Ireland by religion. Certain other gates along the line are closed at 7pm (Townsend St) and 10pm (Lanark Way) – interested parties can head to Reddit for the full compilation of closing times.
Claim: Gates at interface barriers on Shankill and Falls roads are shut every evening at 6 pm. (A Black Taxi Tour driver, 2016-12-01)
Evidence (2022-01-05): The barriers range from high concrete walls to gates, fences and in some cases even buildings and are owned by a number of bodies, from the Department of Justice, the Northern Ireland Housing Executive as well as private bodies. [...] The Twaddell Ardoyne Shankill Communities in Transition (TASCIT) group is working to see it replaced with new automated vehicular and pedestrian access gates.