Ms Mitchell’s sister Nadine Mitchell said her family would be ‘over the moon’ the trial would finally be able to go ahead.

There had been fears the case would be delayed due to an ongoing strike by criminal barristers over legal aid fees.

The agreement came after a ‘constructive’ meeting on Sunday between Justice Minister Naomi Long and the Criminal Bar Association.

Violence flared in Ballymena in June before spreading to other parts of Northern Ireland in subsequent days.

The Public Prosecution Service said there had been ‘significant evidential developments’ in the case.

The elderly man from the Ballymena area died in hospital after being injured in the incident on September 10th.

But PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck said there was no intelligence to suggest it was sanctioned by the organisation’s leadership.

Sam Carson, a farmer and landlord in Ballymena, said there has been a ‘campaign of hate’ against him and his Filipino tenants.

Police are investigating the burning of six cars in Ballymena on Sunday.

Police are appealing for information about the incident on Sunday night.

The 14-year-olds are charged with the attempted rape of a girl in the Clonavon Terrace area of the town last month.

The arrests were made after officers on patrol in the Granville Drive area saw slurry on the road early on Saturday.

Some 23 people, including a 13-year-girl and her mother, have been charged in connection with the disorder.

The Communities Minister has been accused of ‘poor judgment’ over a social media post hours before Larne Leisure Centre was attacked.

The latest arrests include a man, aged in his 20s, who has been detained in relation to an arson attack on Larne Leisure Centre.

The official opposition party at Stormont has said it will also “demand a clear, co-ordinated response from the Executive” to the violence.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has welcomed a reduction in disorder on Saturday night following several days of trouble.

The 32-year-old was arrested in the Larne area.

Speaking to the media in Cork today, Mr Martin expressed hope the that the violence of recent days would ease before marching season in the North.

Detectives investigating disorder in Ballymena have charged a 23-year-old man with riot.

The force is investigating offences linked to several days of violence.

Hundreds braved the rain to attend the anti-racism rally in the city centre.

There will be ‘a large policing presence across Northern Ireland’ over the weekend, a senior officer has said.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying four men as part of a probe into disorder in the region.

The scenes in the Co Armagh town came after three consecutive nights of trouble in Ballymena, Co Antrim

Northern Ireland’s police chief said ‘bigots and racists’ behind earlier nights of unrest in the region would be arrested.

Forty-one officers have been injured in the unrest, which had resulted in 15 arrests by Thursday evening.

Mr Lyons has faced criticism over a social media post about the location of migrant families who fled their homes.

A district judge in the town’s magistrates’ court said a strong message had to be sent out that those involved in the disorder would be dealt with “robustly” by the court.

The three, aged 15, 17 and 18, are set to appear before Ballymena Magistrates’ Court later.

'There was clearly a building intent that was to attack the building. And unfortunately that prevailed'

Elsewhere, a leisure centre in Larne was set on fire.

A fire broke out at Larne Leisure Centre following vandalism at the facility, amid several nights of disorder in Northern Ireland.

Lady Anderson was joined by other peers at Westminster in condemning ‘the appalling acts of racist thuggery’ seen on the streets of Ballymena.

Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson said the force would be bringing extra officers, vehicles and equipment to areas where unrest has flared.

Seventeen police officers were injured following a second night of sustained violence in Ballymena on Tuesday

Police said their officers came under sustained attack over a number of hours in the Co Antrim town

Multiple cars and properties were set on fire in Ballymena while rioters hurled petrol bombs, fireworks and masonry at police officers.

Riot police were deployed around the Clonavon Terrace area on Tuesday night as hundreds of people gathered in the Co Antrim town.

The scenes of violence in Ballymena which left 15 police injured were described as ‘racist thuggery’ by a senior officer.

The mother-of-three said her children were asking why their house was being attacked during disturbances in the Co Antrim town on Monday night.

Fifteen police officers were injured in the disturbances in Ballymena on Monday night.

Police said attacks in the town are being treated as racially motivated hate crimes.