He now lives in Ballymena with his partner and works as a mechanic, working on coaches – one of the 4,000 or so Filipinos in Northern Ireland’s 1.9 million population.

With the protests focused in predominantly loyalist areas in Ballymena, Ms O’Neill said she did not believe it would be helpful for her to visit in the current context.

BALLYMENA, Northern Ireland, June 11 (Reuters) - People in the Northern Irish town of Ballymena are in fear of their lives after a second night of rioting, police said on Wednesday, amid fears ...

Ballymena, Northern Ireland, has endured a third night of rioting by racist thugs targeting immigrants, with homes, stores and cars destroyed.

Public disorder broke out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday with videos and pictures on social media purportedly showing a fire in a leisure center in the town of ...

DUP MLA Ms Little-Pengelly visited the town on Wednesday, and met local residents. She said the local community are in fear and want the violence to stop.

Filipinos are being targeted amidst the racist riots that kicked off in Ballymena, Co Antrim on Monday night, the Philippine Embassy in London said in an advisory issued on Thursday, June 12.

The alleged assault set off an outcry in Ballymena, a town of about 31,000 people, and tapped into a broader anti-immigrant movement that has resulted in several outbreaks of violence in recent years.