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I grew up in the Ballymena area, and much of my family still lives there, so the violence that afflicted the town last week ...
A blind eye has been turned to warnings about problems with immigration in “specific areas” of Ballymena - which have now ...
Paul Givan said 84 newcomer children at Harryville Primary School have not been attending, while attendance is at around 65% ...
The minister also highlighted that absence rates at schools closest to the epicentre of the disorder in Ballymena have spiked ...
Speaking to Belfast Live at the end of a difficult week for the Co Antrim town, Alliance MLA Sian Mulholland and DUP MLA Paul ...
The rate of pupils missing school has spiked near to where people rioted for several nights in Ballymena, the education ...
That’s according to the town’s Deputy Mayor, Tyler Hoey, who says the town is still trying to settle into normalcy after ...
Riots broke out in Ballymena last night following allegations of a serious ... Tensions like this don’t just come from nowhere, they’re often rooted in deeper issues around housing allocation, job ...
During the course of the disorder in Ballymena, officers discharged a number of plastic ... "This neglect takes no account of the enormous demands placed on us by legacy issues or the unique ...
Rioters clashed with police in Ballymena, and masked groups set fire ... The incident was quickly amplified by far-right and anti-immigration voices on social media.Credit...Paulo Nunes dos ...
Unrest has spread outside of Ballymena to towns like Coleraine ... by politicians who irresponsibly conflate immigration with crime and social issues which affect all communities.
Violence erupted in Ballymena, County Antrim ... So it is a part of a wider immigration issue which has the potential to spill over into dissent.” A firefighter walks past a fire-damaged ...