The Irish Times view on the riots in Ballymena: unequivocal political response essential Far-right activists have been opportunistically using social media to stoke tensions and foment race riots ...

Violence flared in Ballymena on Monday evening after a peaceful protest in response to news that two 14-year-old Romanian youths had been charged with an alleged sexual assault on a teenage girl ...

At least 60 households contacted the Housing Executive in fear during the recent racially-motivated disorder with 18 ...

You don’t make a valid point on Immigration Policy by throwing a petrol bomb at the Police. The rank-and-file officers who serve in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) do a difficult and ...

Paul Frew tells Assembly "some eateries can’t get chefs now, given that the workers have had to flee and go home" ...

"The central perversity of treating these people as anything other than racist thugs is only more transparent in Ballymena because they have so few migrants that any other excuse is patently absurd." ...

It’s devastating watching my hometown descend into molotov cocktails and police lining the streets – all in the name of wanting to ‘protect women and girls’ ...

Man charged with riotous behaviour after Ballymena disorder The scenes of violence in Ballymena which left 15 police injured were described as ‘racist thuggery’ by a senior officer.

Read our privacy notice. Absence rates at schools closest to the epicentre of the disorder in Ballymena have spiked amid the violence, the Stormont Education Minister has said.

Multiple cars and properties were set on fire in Ballymena while rioters hurled petrol bombs, fireworks and masonry at police officers.

Earlier this month, there were several nights of violent disorder in towns across Northern Ireland. Violence flared in Ballymena on Monday evening after a peaceful protest in response to news that ...