Jackie McDonald, the influential south Belfast Ulster Defence Association leader, listened recently to former Alliance leader John Alderdice’s complaints that loyalist paramilitaries have not gone ...

Three men facing charges arising from “serious, racially motived public disorder,” were all refused bail today as police ...

Families are fleeing a Ballymena ‘ghetto’ in fear that racist mobs will attack again as loyalists gear up for the Twelfth of ...

A Ballymena man allegedly raised his fist in celebration after carrying a tyre towards police lines during rioting in the ...

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

Three men have been charged in connection with disorder across Ballymena last month. The incidents took place in June and ...

Police investigating recent disorder in Ballymena have charged three more people to court. Two men aged 27 and 42 have been ...

Crawford is a former UUP councillor for the Ballymena area. He announced he was stepping down as a member of the legislative ...

The two teenagers, who cannot be identified because of their ages, are jointly charged over the alleged attack in the ...

Riots broke out in Northern Ireland in mid-June following an alleged sexual assault by two Romanian-speaking youths – ...

The eruption of what police described as mob-led "racist thuggery" is particularly dangerous in Northern Ireland due to its legacy of sectarian violence.

A 13-year-old girl has appeared in court in connection with disorder in Ballymena last week. The teenager was arrested and later charged with riot following violence on Wednesday 11 June. The girl can ...