Northern Ireland’s political unity cracks after leisure centre attack on third night of violence

DUP’s Gordon Lyons criticised for social media post about leisure centre before it was set on fire by masked youthsThe political unity in Northern Ireland after three nights of violence has fractured after an attack by masked youths in Larne that resulted in a leisure centre being set on fire.Staff and customers, including children learning to swim, were in the building at the time. The attack coincided with violent scenes amid tensions over immigration in the nearby town of Ballymena. Continue reading...

Northern Ireland’s political unity cracks after leisure centre attack on third night of violence

DUP’s Gordon Lyons criticised for social media post about leisure centre before it was set on fire by masked youths

The political unity in Northern Ireland after three nights of violence has fractured after an attack by masked youths in Larne that resulted in a leisure centre being set on fire.

Staff and customers, including children learning to swim, were in the building at the time. The attack coincided with violent scenes amid tensions over immigration in the nearby town of Ballymena. Continue reading...