Judgment reserved in legal challenge to Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road
Drumcree standoff: Three senior judges promised to deliver verdict on latest legal challenge to the march ‘swiftly’, but did not provide a date
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O’Neill accused of choosing politics over ministerial responsibilities in Drumcree standoff
Emma Little-Pengelly said First Minister ‘chose to follow the law of the mob instead of the law of the land’
‘We’re not going back, are we?’: Courts may be the only way to end Drumcree standoff
Garvaghy Road residents return to the Court of Appeal on Monday
The south sees Drumcree and thinks: we don’t want that sectarian mindset down here
For those in south, the events highlight the continuing divisions in Northern Ireland
The Irish Times view on the Drumcree stand-off: a failure of politics and institutions
Despite a generation of peace, old sectarian resentments remain as entrenched as ever
‘No such thing as half a march,’ says Mac Cionnaith as Drumcree talks break up without deal
Orange Order says it will accept outcome of upcoming High Court appeal
US Friends of Ireland politicians call on UK government to cancel Drumcree parade
Fourteen members of US Congress say failing to act decisively risks ‘reopening one of the most painful chapters in North’s history’
Who is Jamie Bryson, the unelected loyalist standing ‘front, back and centre’ at Drumcree?
Bryson is opposed to the Belfast Agreement and wields extraordinary influence within unionism and loyalism
A Krakatoa that nobody saw coming: Dáil united on grave business of Garvaghy Road
Sinn Féin leader agrees with Taoiseach that Parades Commission decision to permit Orange Order march was ‘incomprehensible’
Drumcree standoff puts a significant achievement of the peace process at risk
Political leadership on all sides means supporting talks that are open to the possibility of a walk
Drumcree dispute
Where was the focus on compromise and tolerance? Instead we have two sides goading each other
Breandán Mac Cionnaith profile: The ex-IRA man who Tony Blair said ‘took unreasonableness to an art form’
Former IRA prisoner split with Sinn Féin over policing, but remains as committed as ever to his cause
O’Neill rejects ‘gross discourtesy’ accusations as large numbers remain on Garvaghy Road
Drumcree parade, which had previously sparked serious disorder, was due to go ahead for the first time in nearly 30 years
Northern Ireland is staring into the abyss. The peace process is at its weakest since 1998
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
Standoff continues near Drumcree as Orange parade blocked from accessing Garvaghy Road - as it happened
NI Secretary: ‘I don’t think there is a single person’ who really wants to go back ’28, 30 years and relitigate everything and dismantle the Good Friday Agreement’
NI Secretary to face fresh demands to block any Orange parade down Garvaghy Road
Chris Bryant calls for calm as hundreds of protesters block Orange parade down Catholic estate in largely Protestant Portadown
Decades after flashpoints of the 1990s, Drumcree is just as dangerous
Official marching applications had been rejected by the Parades Commission for years, until now.
Claim Orangemen must march on Garvaghy Road because of tradition ‘a nonsense’, former SF staffer says
Danny Morrison says order unilaterally halted Falls Road parade in Belfast in 1960s and should do likewise in Portadown
Garvaghy Road residents to seek last-minute halt after Orange Order granted permission to march
‘Fuse has been lit’ by Parades Commission decision to allow first march since 1997
Drumcree, 2026: ‘It’s mad they want to go down the road and start all this again’
The Orange Order has been blocked from marching on Portadown’s Garvaghy Road since 1998. Locals fear a new parade will open old wounds
Drumcree dispute led to one of worst Troubles atrocities
Row is longest-running parading dispute in the North and has been linked to several sectarian murders
Progress that appears solid can be all too easily undone
If parading regulation unravels, Drumcree would not be the only reawakened flashpoint
Unionism moving to ‘more extreme element’ on Drumcree march, Michelle O’Neill warns
DUP’s Gordon Lyons says ‘huge anger’ followed Parades Commission restrictions on annual Orange Order event
North’s High Court quashes Parades Commission Drumcree determination
Court told decision to restrict Orange Order march was not considered in its ‘final form’ by all commissioners
Orange parade past former Belfast flashpoint passes without incident
Return parade by Ligoniel Orange lodges past Ardoyne has previously seen violence between supporters and protesters
DUP MP defends photo of herself with masked men at protest against Palestine rally
Hundreds turn out in the Co Down village on Saturday in opposition to Great March for Gaza
Dissident republican group holds Easter parade in Derry
PSNI helicopter monitored the procession but there was no visible police presence on the ground
Four arrested and three cautioned following protests in North against pro-Gaza march
Disorder broke out as march passed through village of Scarva where counter-protest was held
Derry violence ‘orchestrated by New IRA’ to prevent police investigating dissident parade, court told
Thomas Joseph Moore (55), who claims he was providing security at event, charged with offences under Terrorism Act
Police attacked with petrol bombs and fireworks after dissident republican parade in Derry
PSNI says young people used to ‘shield’ masked individuals during the disorder that followed Easter Rising commemoration
PSNI investigating Irish flag and poster of Taoiseach placed on loyalist bonfire as ‘hate crime’
Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson addressed gathering ahead of ‘No Irish Sea Border Bonfire’ lighting
Belfast’s Twelfth celebration a quieter and subdued affair
A Parades Commission ruling to march quietly past a Catholic church was obeyed to the letter and the spirit. That set the tone for the day
Elections ‘not what North needs’, says Taoiseach
Coveney agrees that elections could sow further division as marching season nears
Newton Emerson: Compromise on Northern Ireland protocol may be needed
Law and order not enough to halt loyalist protests driven by crime and politics
NI Assembly set to be recalled for debate on loyalist violence
Foster condemns violence in which 41 police officers have been injured
Almost 250 bands paraded locally during Twelfth celebrations
Covid-19 rules largely observed throughout Northern Ireland, says Orange Order
Orange parades: ‘A virtual Twelfth? It’s pretty difficult’
Orders mark Battle of the Boyne – and of the Bug – ‘online, in your home or at your door’
Reaction to Seán Cavanagh remark is nothing short of bizarre
Former Tyrone captain has been an impeccable ambassador for an inclusive Ireland
Brian Kennaway obituary: Staunch member and stern critic of the Orange Order
The Belfast man was a devout Presbyterian minister and bridge-building Orangeman
Police investigation into Newry dissident republican parade begins
Commemoration held by Saoradh, who are regarded as the political wing of the New IRA
Police investigate Derry flute band wearing Parachute Regiment emblem
Former member of Parachute Regiment charged with murder at Bloody Sunday
Orange Order in talks with UK officials over Drumcree dispute
Members were last allowed to complete the controversial Sunday morning parade in 1998
No law against wearing paramilitary uniforms in public
Ireland has remarkably few laws governing public demonstrations despite the number that occur
Man walking to Stormont from Enniskillen in Assembly protest
Dylan Quinn travelling 145km on foot to express anger at lack of NI government
Vigilance needed in North as tensions festering in political vacuum
Newton Emerson: Outside observers believe Northern Ireland is on the brink
Fragile foundations of Belfast Agreement undermined
The 1998 agreement has been implemented neither in spirit nor in practice
Belfast Pride among parades to draw protest in North this year
Relatively peaceful marching season saw just five parades met with demonstrations
Handful of supporters turn up for Britain First rally in Belfast
Anti-fascist protester arrested after drink can is thrown at leaders of far-right group
Normally contentious parade passes peacefully in north Belfast
Tens of thousands marching in and observing Twelfth of July across Northern Ireland
Old divisions march on in Co Armagh ahead of Tweflth
Sectarianism? ‘It sounds like a dirty word, as if a finger is being pointed at you’
Republic’s Orangemen proclaim their identity
It has only a few hundred members now, but the Orange Order is still active in the South
Orangemen barred from Garvaghy Road for 19th successive year
James Brokenshire urged to disband Parades Commission over Drumcree ruling
British army veterans protest about Troubles ‘witch-hunt’
Demonstrations by supporters and dissident republicans in Belfast pass off peacefully
Belfast resident wins case over PSNI’s failure to prevent flag protests
Loyalist demonstrations staged across NI in opposition to restrictions on City Hall flag
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