The town is transformed says MP Jim Allister, but protests continue and communities targeted by the violence remain fearful.

Two months on, Clonavon Terrace and its surrounding streets feel like a ghost town. Houses that were torched remain boarded ...

Northern Ireland riots latest: Violence is ‘only a petrol bomb away’ from a death, warns human rights chief - Violence has broken out in Ballymena for the past three nights after angry mobs ...

Ballymena, 45 kilometres (28 miles) from Belfast, is a mainly Protestant working-class town that was once the powerbase of Ian Paisley, the fiercely pro-British preacher-politician who died in 2014.

LONDON — 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, bottles, petrol bombs and ...

Riot police vans block a road at Clonavon Terrace, in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, as people take part in a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the Co Antrim town, Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

The violence began on Monday after two 14-year-old boys were charged with the attempted oral rape of a teenage girl in Clonavon Terrace on Saturday. The incident was quickly amplified by far-right ...

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) ...

On Tuesday, the PSNI outlined the unrest in Ballymena on Monday night, which saw 15 officers injured and a number of homes and businesses damaged. "Four houses were damaged by fire, with three ...

Police respond to a second night of violence in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, in the early hours of Wednesday June 11, 2025. Niall Carson—Getty Images ...