The town is transformed says MP Jim Allister, but protests continue and communities targeted by the violence remain fearful.

The man told BBC News NI he was afraid anti-Roma sentiment had spread across Northern Ireland following riots in June.

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.

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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.