Common Ground

Fr Brendan McPartlin lives off Garvaghy Road and believes negotiation is the only way to break the standoff

It isn’t normal to paint kerbstones, hold political parades through hostile neighbourhoods or build peace walls

Bryson is opposed to the Belfast Agreement and wields extraordinary influence within unionism and loyalism

‘Nobody saw this coming. I never thought we’d see this again. It’s like we’ve woken from a bad dream’

Garvaghy Road resident Dessie Traynor is from a mixed marriage and is determined the Orange Order march will not go ahead

Going by the language in the chamber, things could hardly be worse, but there seems little appetite to bring down power-sharing

Former IRA prisoner split with Sinn Féin over policing, but remains as committed as ever to his cause

Elements of unionism are fed up with what they regard as the enabling of all-Ireland culture, history, narrative and Irish unity inevitability at their expense

Following the weekend’s drama over the Garvaghy Road march route, the focus will move to Northern Secretary Chris Bryant

Chris Bryant calls for calm as hundreds of protesters block Orange parade down Catholic estate in largely Protestant Portadown

Official marching applications had been rejected by the Parades Commission for years, until now.

Danny Morrison says order unilaterally halted Falls Road parade in Belfast in 1960s and should do likewise in Portadown

Parades Commission had on Friday granted permission for Protestant organisation to march through mainly nationalist area of Portadown

Party should make some gains as DUP reels after Donaldson case, but split vote likely to make it difficult for unionism to speak coherently

Jon Burrows says Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill wants to create a new state, but her Ministers at Stormont ‘can’t fix the potholes’ in this one

Writers Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson say that despite the ‘love’ in the North for their hit PSNI-centred drama, they were petrified to take on such a ‘hot potato’ topic

A sizeable majority of voters express concerns about the potential costs of unification

Irish Times/Ipsos B&A also asked about attitudes to immigration, with a small majority of voters seeing it, on balance, as a positive

It should be possible to learn fascinating lessons by comparing outcomes either side of the Border

It has been held for decades that North uniquely saw a greater percentage of young people leave for elsewhere in UK

First published ICRIR report looks into killing of Catholic solicitor Rory O’Kelly, murdered by IRA in March 1977

An investigation into the killing of a Catholic man by the IRA almost 50 years ago brought peace to his dying son in his last days

Academic tells inquiry there was likely ‘some form of operational co-operation’ between the two groups

The Belfast Agreement sets out rules for calling a unity referendum, but is vague on some details

Remember, flags and anthems and all that is the easy stuff

Religious institutions organised my sports, my education, even my summer holidays

Gavin Robinson appeals to unionist rivals for ‘greater co-operation’ at party conference in Belfast

Gavin Robinson and the DUP will present the same ‘business as usual, nothing to see here’ position to members

Andy Burnham and Micheál Martin’s Manchester talks marked by sports diplomacy and a birthday bash

Taoiseach thanks Andy Burnham for ‘standing’ up for needs and rights of Palestinian people

Unlike previous US presidents, Trump’s interest in Ireland is superficial

President raises concerns over ‘language in relation to war’ during second day of Scotland visit

Nationalists may be more liberal by conviction but they have less immediate experience of immigration, which tends to be concentrated in unionist areas

Group once led by Ian Paisley smuggled ‘vast quantities’ of weapons from Lebanon, it is alleged

History suggests that unionism rarely responds sensibly and strategically to a wake-up call

Taoiseach says Sinn Féin’s agreement could set back cause of Irish unity

Backhanded compliment from Trump, when he laughingly described business leaders as ‘vicious bastards’, shows Ireland still carries weight in his worldview

At least 88 families made homeless in June’s race riots – most have not returned home

US president raised his support for a united Ireland during private discussions with Catherine Connolly

Decision on border poll and Ireland’s future will be taken in London ‘whether we like it or not’, Colum Eastwood tells party conference