Crime & Violence

Carroll: "This Is the Real Belfast" at City's Biggest Ever Anti-Racist Rally

Carroll: "This Is the Real Belfast" at City's Biggest Ever Anti-Racist Rally

"Today, Belfast spoke with one voice. This was the biggest anti-racist demonstration this city has ever seen, and everyone who turned out should be proud. We reclaimed our city from the fascist thugs who tried to take it from us. The people have answered terror with solidarity..." - Gerry Caroll

13 Jun 2026

News

Statement on Belfast Pogroms

"Whether the division is sectarian or racist, it turns working-class people against one another while poverty, lack of housing and inequality remain untouched. The answer is not one community against another, but ordinary people organising together for the homes and services we all need."

11 Jun 2026

People Before Profit Call for Urgent Trade Union Response to Pogrom

People Before Profit Call for Urgent Trade Union Response to Pogrom

On behalf of People Before Profit, we urge the trade union movement who represents hundreds of thousands of workers here to use all the power at its disposal to thwart the racist thugs who wish to divide us.

9 Jun 2026

Gerry Carroll

Farage and Far-right Grifters Have "Nothing to Offer" the North, Except Division

"The speed with which the British far-right has descended... with Nigel Farage, jumping in to use it for their own divisive, nasty ends. These people don’t give a damn about working class people in Belfast. We shouldn’t let them exploit people’s real concern."

9 Jun 2026

Image of a police car and cordon at Kinnaird Road.

North Belfast Attack: Community Needs Support, Not More Violence on Our Streets

"The local community in North Belfast will be reeling this morning. They do not deserve more violence and intimidation on our streets. They need our support, understanding, and ability to begin to deal with what they have just experienced." - Gerry Carroll

9 Jun 2026

The building attacked by an arsonist in Belfast was a disused church. Image shows the destroyed roof above a sign saying What Think Ye Of Christ? Building's previous use was as a church.

"Racists Don't Speak for the Shankill" Gerry Carroll Condemns Arson on Migrant-Owned Business

"This is the direct the result of weeks of poison pumped online - cowards warning of an 'influx of people' and sneering at 'foreign food.' That bile has now ended in arson... Racism puts food on nobody's table."

6 Jun 2026

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin Expresses Serious Concern about the Circumstances of the Death of Yves Sakila on Friday

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin Expresses Serious Concern about the Circumstances of the Death of Yves Sakila on Friday

Supports Congolese community’s call for an independent inquiry

19 May 2026

Conor Reddy over an image of Ballymun

Cllr Conor Reddy: Violence Spreads, But It Can Be Interrupted - Ballymun Needs a Public Health Approach to Violence

“For too long, communities like Ballymun and many others have experienced violence while lacking sustained investment in prevention, healing and evidence-based intervention. We have expected communities to absorb trauma without the structures needed to interrupt the cycles that cause that harm."

15 May 2026

Cllr Conor Reddy Gun Popular Local Community Centre

Cllr Conor Reddy: Ballymun Gun Incident Must be a Turning Point

"Government has not provided the investment required... you can’t police your way to safety. Real and lasting safety comes from investment in the services, supports and opportunities that break the cycles driving crime and violence in the first place."

29 Apr 2026