M. Whiting

From Bombay Street to Ballymena: The repertoires of sectarian violence and 21st-century racism

During June 2025, Ballymena was the epicentre of some of the most serious riots witnessed recently in Northern Ireland. For many days, mobs attacked migrants’ properties and battled the police. These riots soon extended to other areas, the youths involved in the rioting coming overwhelmingly from working-class Loyalist...