A drumbeat of anti-immigrant episodes has taken place over the past five weeks in Northern Ireland. But the images have also brought to mind darker moments in the history of the territory.

A burned out house is seen following a second night of violence in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, during unrest sparked by an alleged sexual assault case, June 11, 2025. Multiple cars and properties ...

People are seen walking past flames as PSNI officers in riot gear respond to a third night of civil unrest on June 11, 2025, in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. Charles McQuillan—Getty Images ...

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 ...

A schoolgirl was 'dragged into a garage while she was walking down a street in Ballymena by three men and raped', a court heard today as details emerged of the assault which sparked rioting ...

Jamie Lee McCracken, 34, of no fixed abode, received the sentence at Ballymena Magistrates' Court on Thursday, July 31 ...

Homes and cars have been set on fire during a second night of violence in Ballymena as police condemned the unrest as “racist thuggery”. Dramatic scenes unfolded in the Northern Ireland town as ...

Emergency services work outside a house in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, as people protest over an alleged sexual assault in the Co Antrim town, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, and police used water ...

People take part in a protest over an alleged sexual assault in the Co Antrim town of Ballymena, Northern Ireland, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Credit: AP/Niall Carson By The Associated PressJune 10, 2025 ...

Co Derry building firm Heron Bros has officially handed over a new £55 million campus in Ballymena for the Northern Regional ...

More photos of suspects being sought in connection with disorder in Ballymena last month have been released by the PSNI.

Ali Watkins reported from Ballymena, Belfast and Portadown in Northern Ireland. She has written a book, “The Next One Is for You,” about the decades-long sectarian conflict known as the Troubles.