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05/02/2002
Kennedy announces new security measures for flashpoint areas
Northern Ireland Security Minister Jane Kennedy has announced that she intends to install additional security measures at sectarian interfaces areas of Northern Ireland.
Ms Kennedy said she was taking the "regrettable but necessary" steps following months of serious sectarian violence across the province in recent months.
The Minister announced the decision to install new security measures were made in consultation with political and community representatives and advice from the police.
Speaking on Monday, February 4, Ms Kennedy said: "It is my hope that these regrettable, but sometimes very necessary structures will provide a significant increase in the level of security in certain interface areas of Belfast, Londonderry and Portadown.
"I do not begin this work lightly and have no wish to build barriers between communities - my aim is to see mature dialogue and co-operation.
"However, as I can attest, physical security is often the only practical solution to the appalling and needless brutality blighting the people of Northern Ireland."
The new measures, costing £670,000, will see a new 250metre extension added to the fence near the troubled flashpoint area in Ardoyne beside Holy Cross Primary School where loyalist protests have taken place.
Additional work includes further work and extensions to north and west Belfast, Portadown, and Londonderry.
The Minister said there was the potential in Northern Ireland to build a society based on mutual respect, justice and equality: "But there are those amongst us whose sectarianism threatens to wreck that opportunity". (AMcE)
Ms Kennedy said she was taking the "regrettable but necessary" steps following months of serious sectarian violence across the province in recent months.
The Minister announced the decision to install new security measures were made in consultation with political and community representatives and advice from the police.
Speaking on Monday, February 4, Ms Kennedy said: "It is my hope that these regrettable, but sometimes very necessary structures will provide a significant increase in the level of security in certain interface areas of Belfast, Londonderry and Portadown.
"I do not begin this work lightly and have no wish to build barriers between communities - my aim is to see mature dialogue and co-operation.
"However, as I can attest, physical security is often the only practical solution to the appalling and needless brutality blighting the people of Northern Ireland."
The new measures, costing £670,000, will see a new 250metre extension added to the fence near the troubled flashpoint area in Ardoyne beside Holy Cross Primary School where loyalist protests have taken place.
Additional work includes further work and extensions to north and west Belfast, Portadown, and Londonderry.
The Minister said there was the potential in Northern Ireland to build a society based on mutual respect, justice and equality: "But there are those amongst us whose sectarianism threatens to wreck that opportunity". (AMcE)
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