It seems to be the exact reverse of what’s happening – and trying to happen – here in the States, though. In Northern Ireland, it’s the native Irish who are gathering in the streets and going on a destructive bender, now in town after town, after two 14-year-old ‘immigrant’ teenagers were charged with raping a...
Mark Simpson BBC News NI communities correspondent Pacemaker The violence started on Monday night following a peaceful protest in the County Antrim town A dangerous cocktail of factors came together to plunge Ballymena, County Antrim, into hate-filled violence. Within 36 hours of a peaceful protest on Monday evening, 32 police officers had been injured as...
Protesters threw petrol bombs, bricks and fireworks at police during another night of disorder in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday. Police fired baton rounds and used a water cannon to disperse protesters as cars were set on fire and the windows of several houses were smashed. The disorder began on Monday after a peaceful protest...
Lyndsey Telford & Faye Kidd BBC News NI Pacemaker Masked individuals at a police line in Ballymena on Tuesday night A second night of serious disorder has broken out in Ballymena, County Antrim, with petrol bombs, masonry and fireworks being thrown at police. Crowds have gathered in the Clonavon Terrace area, which is also where...