Fourteen police officers have been injured and 11 people arrested after what the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Jon Boutcher condemned as "blatant sectarian violence" in ...

Mr Boutcher referred to commentary suggesting rioters were treated differently in separate parts of Northern Ireland. He said: “I want to be absolutely clear, we respond to public disorder ...

Mr Boutcher said: “The scenes we have witnessed last night must be condemned in the strongest terms possible. “This was blatant sectarian violence, plain and simple, and there is absolutely no ...

July 03, 2025 at 2:27pm BST. PSNI chief constable Jon Boutcher has said an order to officers not to intervene during last month’s race riots in Co Derry did not come from him.

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher says the 30 officers who lost their lives will be remembered with respect.

More than 100 police officers were injured during recent rioting in Northern Ireland, PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has revealed. Mr Boutcher said the actions of his officers had saved lives ...