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Our Northern Ireland Voice (ONIV)

Our Northern Ireland Voice (ONIV)

Created: 11 June 2026 | Last updated: 11 June 2026

Overview

Our Northern Ireland Voice (ONIV) is a far-right anti-immigration group that emerged on social media in early 2026 and formally launched at a rally in Coleraine in April 2026. The group campaigns against HMOs (houses in multiple occupation), migrant accommodation centres, and immigration more broadly. It has been linked to convicted loyalist rioters, Tommy Robinson's network, and — most recently — calls for protests at HMOs near the university campus in Belfast during the June 2026 riots.

Key Figures

🔴 Daniel Douglas (aka "Dan Grundle")

  • Role: ONIV organiser / leader
  • Background: Convicted loyalist rioter — jailed for 3 years for violent anti-immigration disorder (Belfast Telegraph Sunday Life, March 2026)
  • Also uses the name Dan Grundle
  • Described by Sunday Life as a former glue sniffer who used drugs from a young age before reinventing himself as a "concerned citizen"
  • Fronted the Coleraine rally and subsequent events

🔴 Richard Inman

  • Role: Guest speaker at ONIV launch, Tommy Robinson organiser
  • Spoke at the Coleraine rally in April 2026 calling for stopping HMOs, closing migrant centres
  • Described by IRR (Institute of Race Relations) as "an organiser for Tommy Robinson"
  • Now spends most of his time organising across the UK far-right network

Timeline

Launch (April 2026)

  • 4 April 2026 — Hundreds attended rally in the Diamond area of Coleraine (BBC, Belfast Telegraph)
  • Event billed as the launch of the ONIV movement
  • Speakers called for stopping HMOs, closing migrant centres, restricting immigration
  • Counter-protest also present
  • IRR Calendar of Racism and Resistance (1-14 April 2026) flagged Richard Inman as a speaker

Facebook page

  • Official page: Our Northern Ireland Voice - Official | Causeway Coast and Glens
  • Self-described as "a community dedicated to protecting, preserving, and celebrating the culture, traditions, and heritage that make Northern Ireland..."

Vigilante patrols (May 2026)

  • 26 May 2026 — Belfast Telegraph: ONIV planning vigilante patrols in Coleraine, sparking fears for migrants' safety
  • Headline: "Nazi woman beater and loyalist rioter recruiting for new vigilante gang to patrol areas of Coleraine"
  • Facebook posts and IRR reports identify ONIV as a front for the National Front in Northern Ireland
  • Linked via speakers and shared membership to the wider Tommy Robinson network

Role in June 2026 Belfast Riots

Incitement

  • End Deportations Belfast statement (Instagram, 10 June 2026):

    "The same groups, the same personnel and the same online accounts are today inciting a pogrom: Our Northern Ireland Voice, Ainsworth Drive, Great Victoria Street"

  • Positioned ONIV as one of three key accounts coordinating the unrest

Tonight's activity (11 June 2026)

  • ONIV put out a social media call for people to protest at HMOs near the university campus in Belfast
  • Police deployed to guard the HMOs in response
  • Fourth consecutive night of disorder

Political Context

  • Emerged in the vacuum left by the decline of formal loyalist political representation
  • Hope not hate "State of Hate 2025" report flagged the Loyalist Communities Council (UVF/UDA mouthpiece) and the PUP as vectors for mainstreaming far-right rhetoric — ONIV sits further out on the spectrum
  • Belfast Telegraph has documented a pattern of convicted loyalist rioters fronting new "community" groups
  • ONIV fits the 2024-2026 pattern: Southport → Ballymena → Belfast, where local far-right networks exploit trigger events

Connections

Sources

Developing Situation

ONIV is actively involved in the June 2026 Belfast riots. Their 11 June call to protest at HMOs near the university campus marks an escalation from rallies and patrols to direct targeting of migrant housing during active disorder. Watch for further arrests, group proscription attempts, and links to the wider Tommy Robinson / Moscow network.

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