evidence: Peace walls: Support for removing barriers in Northern Ireland grows The number of people living beside Northern Ireland's peace walls who want them removed within the next generation has risen, according to a survey. [...] - Some 76% of responses from nearby residents were strongly in favour of the peace walls being removed within the lifetime of their children or grandchildren, compared to 68% two years ago - Some 34% of respondents reported anti-social behaviour (including drug misuse) as the key issue of local concern, compared to 10% in 2017 - While the Catholic, nationalist and republican (CNR) community favours change sooner (85% compared to 72% of Protestant, unionist, loyalist residents), both communities want to see barrier removal within the next generation - Researchers interviewed 637 people from across the six participating Peace Walls Programme areas for the face-to-face survey between May and June 2019 - Some 19% of respondents supported removing walls 'now' in comparison to 13% in 2017.