Rioters clashed with police in Ballymena, and masked groups set fire to a recreation center in Larne, where families had been given temporary shelter.

Disorder has broken out in Northern Ireland for the third successive night, after police said people are "waking up with genuine fear for their lives" following two nights of violence in Ballymena and other areas.

Northern Ireland police chief Jon Boutcher has warned the “bigots and racists” behind several nights of disorder in the region that his officers will be coming after them.

A protest in Belfast passed off without trouble on Thursday evening, amid fears of a fourth night of disorder across Northern Ireland.Police are maintaining a heavy presence in Portadown ahead of a planned anti-immigration protest.

Police in Northern Ireland have faced four consecutive days of violence in the wake of an alleged sexual assault in Ballymena that sparked riots, leaving residents terrified

MORE rioting broke out across different towns in Northern Ireland for the third successive night on Wednesday as yobs attacked police with petrol bombs, hatchets and fireworks in the main

Three teenagers have appeared in court charged with rioting offences following recent violence in Ballymena. A district judge in the town’s magistrates’ court said a strong message had to be sent out that those involved in the disorder would be dealt with “robustly” by the court.

There has been a call for “urgent” action against a Facebook page on which house addresses in Ballymena are being shared amid racist violence in the town. The ‘Ballymena Reaction Group’ page has posted the names of streets in Ballymena,