The minister also highlighted that absence rates at schools closest to the epicentre of the disorder in Ballymena have spiked ...

Paul Givan said 84 newcomer children at Harryville Primary School have not been attending, while attendance is at around 65% ...

Both my parents are dead. I miss them terribly. But in one sense, I am glad they are not here to witness what has become of my beloved Ballymena town in County Antrim in recent days.

The rate of pupils missing school has spiked near to where people rioted for several nights in Ballymena, the education ...

Over half the population in the part of Ballymena blighted by violence over the past week arrived here between 2011 and 2021 – with employment much higher and economic inactivity much lower than ...