Growing Loyalist Discontent After EU Article 16 U Turn

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JANUARY 30: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternative crop of image #1230871489) A woman walks past a Loyalist paramilitary mural on the Newtownards road on January 30, 2021 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Police Service of Northern Ireland has said it has been monitoring growing unionist discontent regarding the implementation of a so called Irish sea border and comes as the EU reversed its decision to invoke Article 16 of the Brexit withdrawal agreement to control the export of coronavirus vaccines from the EU into NI. Northern Ireland's first minister and leader of the main unionist party, the DUP, Arlene Foster said the move to trigger Article 16 of the NI Protocol was an act of hostility. The EU countries are experiencing a huge shortfall in vaccines and there was concern the Irish border could be used as a backdoor for supplies entering the UK. (Photo by Charles McQuillan/Getty Images)