An analysis of these posts shows that many of them fall within the legal definition of incitement to hatred. It also became ...

Nonetheless, a clear message has gone out from serious political leaders in Northern Ireland, as well as those in Dublin and London, that the disorder must stop.

Elected representatives need to acknowledge their role in producing a toxic discourse in relation to immigration ...

Police responded to major disorder in Ballymena on Monday after rioting broke out following a protest march by residents in the wake of two arrests over an alleged sexual assault.

Absence rates at schools closest to the epicentre of the disorder in Ballymena have spiked amid the violence, the Stormont ...

Ballymena unrest: Those involved have nothing to offer but ‘division and disorder’, North’s political parties say Seventeen PSNI officers injured after second night of unrest in Co Antrim town ...

Unrest has erupted in the Northern Irish town after the alleged sexual assault of a local girl by two Romanian-speaking teenagers ...

What we’re seeing now in Ballymena is the downstream effect of a political project based on scapegoating any “other” who looks, speaks or prays differently.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) deployed riot police, fired plastic baton rounds, and used water cannons as well as dog units as part of its response to the disorder.

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’ ...

Ballymena riots demand a clear and united response ... Political leadership is desperately needed to rebuff the false claims of those stir up hatred and violence against ‘the other’.