2012 North Belfast riots

[3] In another incident during a different parade, a Scotland-based loyalist band "The Young Conway Volunteers" was filmed by a Sinn Féin activist playing "The Famine Song" outside St Patricks Catholic Church in Ardoyne.

[8] The DUP and Sinn Féin again blamed opposite sides for the violence: the DUP's Nigel Dodds blamed nationalist protestors for the disorder and a Sinn Féin Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Carál Ní Chuilín, condemned loyalist bands for breaching regulations set out by the Parades Commission.

[10] Nationalist "Network For Unity" claimed, "Republicans were showered with a barrage of bricks, stones, golf balls and bottles," and that women and children were injured as well.

[11] However, during the parade, as supporters passed an Orange Hall at Clifton Lane, Nationalists hurled golf balls and bricks at the building.

[21] On 4 September 2012 The Guardian reported that "Loyalist Sources" were claiming that members of the UVF and Ulster Defence Association (UDA) were involved in the violence.

[21] Deputy First Minister Martin Mcguinness issued a statement urging people to obey the rules set out by the Parade Commission.

Disorder continued for a third night in North Belfast on 4 September when a crowd of around 200 loyalists gathered in the troubled Denmark Street and pelted police lines with fireworks, bricks and stones.

[23][24] On 5 September, Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson issued a public statement, condemning those involved in the violence in North Belfast, and stated that he wanted to see the end of the Parades Commission.

Whilst Deputy first minister Martin Mcguinness also condemned the riots as "deplorable, disgraceful, and shameful" and accused the Loyal Order of showing a "distinct lack of leadership."

That same day the two men met for cross party talks involving North Belfast assembly members and local DUP MP Nigel Dodds.