Riots broke out in Northern Ireland in mid-June following an alleged sexual assault by two Romanian-speaking youths – signaling xenophobia in an area already divided by religion and class. Residents ...

Meanwhile, Sky News correspondent Connor Gillies, who has been in Ballymena, said on Wednesday that some families had been “barricading themselves” in their attics amid the escalating violence.

A teenager accused of attacking houses and police amid racial disorder in Ballymena is to be barred from the town, a High ...

Accused later handed himself in and claimed he was only at the scene of the racially-motivated unrest as a spectator ...

Ballymena, Northern Ireland, has endured a third night of rioting by racist thugs targeting immigrants, with homes, stores and cars destroyed.

Riot police stand braced for violence as protestors gather for the third night of apparent anti-immigration demonstrations in Ballymena, Northern Ireland (11 June 2025) ...

PORTADOWN, Northern Ireland (Reuters) -Rioters attacked police with petrol bombs, rocks and fireworks in the Northern Irish town of Portadown on Thursday, a Reuters witness said, as a fourth night ...

Ballymena, Northern Ireland, has endured a third night of rioting by racist thugs targeting immigrants, with homes, stores and cars destroyed.

LONDON (AP) — Police in Northern Ireland say 17 officers were injured during a second night of anti-immigrant violence in the town of Ballymena, where rioters threw bricks, ...

Anti-immigrant street violence hits Northern Ireland towns Rioting, attacks on homes echo sectarian past Race-related incidents now outnumber sectarian crimes Remnants of paramilitary groups add ...

Other protests passed off without major incident, including in Ballymena, the primary flashpoint of t Police attacked as Northern Irish violence spreads to another town Skip to main content ...