Anger boils in Northern Ireland despite attempts to end riots

Concerns over Brexit and controversy over a funeral for a Sinn Fein figure have upset a delicate political balance.

Belfast, Northern Ireland – On Saturday, the 23rd anniversary of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended the decades of conflict that claimed over 3,000 lives, David Devlin was on the streets trying to keep the peace. “Anything could happen, but we are hoping for peace, hoping tonight remains calm,” they told Al Jazeera. Devlin is a youth worker with the Forthspring Inter Community Group, located right on the peace-line between the predominantly nationalist Springfield area, and the predominantly loyalist Shankill.