Ireland’s anti-immigrant rage will not go away

Ballymena , half an hour north of Belfast , has been thrown into a state of disarray not seen since the acme of the Troubles in the 1970s .

Two 14-year-olds accused of sexual assault of a teenage girl appeared before Coleraine Magistrates’court .

Crowds gathered peacefully for a vigil at the site of the alleged assault that afternoon , a vigil that by evening had descended into violence as protestors similarly launched petrol bombs and bricks at police services.

It is via X, Facebook and Telegram just as close to the restless communities scattered across the archipelago. A long summer lies ahead. [See more: Labour is losing Wales ].