After racially motivated rioting in Ballymena and elsewhere, we have an exclusive interview with the Chief Constable, Jon Boutcher. He says a fire officer told him that if emergency services had not intervened people could have been killed.
How does Northern Ireland look to the future after the violence? Stewart Robson reports, and we speak to senior figures from the parties here.
Our commentators are Professor Peter Shirlow from the University of Liverpool and the Belfast Telegraph's Allison Morris.