A closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera was today being installed in flash-point north Belfast in a bid to ease sectarian tensions.
Police chiefs had recommended a permanent CCTV system for the troubled Ardoyne district following months of rioting in the area.
But with these plans still to be finalised, Northern Ireland Security Minister Ms Jane Kennedy today announced a single, temporary camera would be installed at the junction of Ardoyne Road and Alliance Avenue.
The camera will take a week to put in place on the route where Catholic children last year endured a three-month-long picket from loyalist residents on their way to Holy Cross primary school.
The protests were called off in December after Northern Ireland's First and Deputy First Ministers, Mr David Trimble and Mr Mark Durkan, helped broker a package of security measures for the area.
The temporary camera follows Ms Kennedy's announcement last week that peace walls are to be extended in parts of north Belfast.
PA