STEP UP BORIS

PM under mounting pressure to resolve violent outbreaks in NI

- BEN GLAZE

BORIS Johnson was last night under mounting pressure to take action over outbreaks of violence in Northern Ireland.

The “Brexit Protocol” for the province – which the Prime Minister agreed with Brussels – has been blamed for fuelling rioting in Loyalist areas.

The deal creates an Irish Sea trade border, which has enraged Unionists who fear it drives a wedge between Northern Ireland and Britain.

Tensions have also soared amid the fallout from the police’s handling of a mass republican funeral that took place during pandemic restrictions last year.