Should they be allowed on stage? Hip hop trio Kneecap is embroiled in a scandal after concert footage allegedly showed the group telling crowds to “kill your local MP” and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”.
Fury over Irish rappers’ ‘kill MP’ call
Troubles: This morning, three concerts by Kneecap (above) have been cancelled in Germany and the largest body representing Jews in the UK has called for this year’s Glastonbury festival to cancel the group’s invitation. Glossary
Paramilitary - An unofficial group organised like a military force.
Troubles - The period from the late 1960s until the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, when Northern Ireland saw terrible sectarian violence.
Infamous - Famous for the wrong reasons.
Provocations - Actions or statements that are intended to make someone angry.
Incendiary - Controversial. It literally means: designed to start fires.
Hamas - A militant Palestinian organisation, which has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007. It is listed as a terrorist organisation in the UK.
Hezbollah - A militant organisation based in Lebanon, classified in the UK as a terrorist group. It has made direct attacks on Israel and is believed to have been responsible for assassinating Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
Republicanism - Supporting the idea of a country having an elected head of state, such as a president, rather than a hereditary king or queen.
Good Friday Agreement - The treaty that ended the Troubles, a decades-long conflict between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, which also saw fighting between the British government and Irish republicans. One of its central tenets is an open border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.