Police have said they are reporting an assault as a racially-motivated hate crime.

Three boys aged 9, 12, and 13 were detained, cautioned and taken home to their parents

The man was arrested after the incident in Derrylin on Sunday.

Michael Kenna was from the Belturbet area in Co Cavan.

Police said the men, aged 26, 27, 38, 44 and 51, were arrested in the Poleglass area by detectives investigating violent dissident republican activity.

The inquest heard an expert could not be conclusive around when Noah lost possession of his rucksack.

Liam Kelly went on to claim London and Belfast are ‘passing the parcel of blame in a game of unedifying brinkmanship’.

Nicholas Gordon was assaulted in the Holywood Road area of Belfast on Tuesday, May 12th, and died in hospital on Saturday.

Detectives have appealed for information about the incident in Talbot Street.

The wife and father of Kevin Flatley received the award from Minister for Justice, Jim O’Callaghan and Commissioner Justin Kelly at the annual Garda Memorial Day in Dublin.

The attack comes as PSNI statistics show police have recorded more than 1,500 racist hate crimes in one year.

A long-running inquest into the Belfast schoolboy’s death has heard from an expert who examined his devices and online accounts.

Gunshot strikes were discovered on the front door of a house in the Creggan area of Londonderry.

The PSNI said a parade in east Belfast had ‘largely’ passed off peacefully, but that there were a number of reports of anti-social behaviour.

Jon Boutcher updated the Policing Board following the publication of an independent review into the death of showjumper Katie Simpson in 2020.

Two other people remain in police custody.

There were reports of antisocial behaviour in the city on Tuesday evening.

A report from psychologist Dr Catherine Norton stated that Kevin Smyth (pictured) was at a low risk of reoffending if he continued specialist counselling.

The report cited ‘systematic failures’ and also criticised other bodies.

Showjumper Katie Simpson was initially assumed to have taken her own life, before it emerged she had been murdered.

Sinn Féin MLA Danny Baker said police did not arrive at the incident ‘until the situation had already got out of control’.

Police said the arrest came as a result of the forensic examination of two mobile phones seized from a vehicle stopped in the Markethill area of Co Armagh in January.

Police said a crowd of youths gathered at the interface in the Irish Street area of the city.

A senior detective told the court that calls were made to a Chinese restaurant and the delivery driver was threatened by two men.

A 66-year-old man has been charged with several offences including attempted murder following an attack on Dunmurry police station.

The suspected dissident republican attack has been condemned by Northern Ireland’s political leaders and chief constable.

A man aged in his 50s was arrested at the scene and is being detained at a police station in the North. 

A 10-year-old is in a critical condition in a hospital in the North after the two-car collision at Nutts Corner on Sunday.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill said it was a day for ‘strong condemnation, not political nonsense’.

The vehicle exploded outside Dunmurry police station on Saturday evening as local residents were being evacuated.

First Minister Michelle O’Neill said those behind the attack ‘speak for absolutely no-one’.

No-one was injured in the blast, which occurred when residents, including two babies, were being evacuated.

Jamie Wilson was 33 when he died at Craigavon Hospital on May 7th, 2018, having suffered a stroke on May 1st.

The incident occurred at the Royal Victoria Hospital, when the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) was called to a blaze on the ground floor at around 6.50pm on Wednesday.

The inquest at Belfast Coroner’s Court into Noah’s death, which is being heard with a jury, is in its 12th week.

The incident involved a white Audi A1 and blue Mercedes Benz on the Newry Road.

Alex Ward, who was only halted when PSNI officers in Derry deployed a stinger, was also fined €1,050 at Letterkenny District Court.

Police have made an appeal for information.

The incident occurred at around 3.15pm and involved a black Honda Civic.

The 40-year-old was detained following the incident which lasted for several hours in Kilkeel.

Police said a man was stabbed in the lower abdomen in the Kelvin Road area in the early hours of Sunday.

Police said substantial damage was caused to the house and vehicles.

The victim was left with burn injuries to his face and upper body following the incident at Strabane Courthouse on Thursday.