Northern Ireland has seen nightly outbreaks of street violence in recent days, as unionists and nationalists clashed with each other and police.
On Wednesday (7 April), the escalation in rioting saw a bus set on fire in Belfast.
Police also struggled to close a gate that separated unionist and nationalist communities, where rioters fought.
The region's power-sharing government on Thursday (8 April) Back our independent journalism by becoming a supporting memberGet EU news that matters
Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.
Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.