Absence rates at schools closest to the epicentre of the disorder in Ballymena have spiked amid the violence, the Stormont Education Minister has said. Paul Givan said 84 newcomer children at ...

Rioters clashed with police in Ballymena, and masked groups set fire to a recreation center in Larne, where families had been ...

A blind eye has been turned to warnings about problems with immigration in “specific areas” of Ballymena - which have now ...

Homes, businesses and cars have been attacked and 32 police officers injured during violence in Ballymena and several other ...

The violence was condemned by all parties in the Assembly during a debate the morning after the violence. On Tuesday morning, the MP for the area Jim Allister criticised what he called “the failure of ...