Judge’s final remarks on Drumcree felt like an epitaph as much as a conclusion
It is clear it will take much to repair the damage, not least given the potential for other flashpoints
Parades Commission
Drumcree Orange Order parade ban lawful, Belfast High Court rules
NI Secretary banned parade after hosting talks with both sides and being unable to find a resolution
‘Catholics seem to see the Orangeman as the bogeyman. They have this visceral hatred’
Orange Order veteran Noel Liggett says Drumcree was ‘moment of clarity’ for unionist community
Carla Lockhart’s decision highlights the internal tensions within the DUP
MP’s resignation as a party officer not ideal for leader Gavin Robinson, but a defection, and with it the loss of an MP, would be a serious blow
Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill attend police interview over Drumcree protests
Sinn Féin leaders interviewed as part of investigation into demonstrations that blocked Orange Order march on Portadown’s Garvaghy Road
Chris Bryant had ‘no other decision’ but to halt Drumcree march, court told
PSNI lawyers refute assertions police were considering the ‘feelings’ of the Provisional IRA in security assessments
‘Wave of fear’ in nationalist community in Belfast at proposed Apprentice Boys parade
Residents of Lower Ormeau concerned that loyalist march through contentious route will be a repeat of Drumcree standoff
Court dismisses Garvaghy Road residents’ legal action against march at Drumcree
Portadown Orangemen seek to add PSNI chief constable to judicial review over decision to revoke permission for march on Garvaghy Road
Orange Order legal challenge to Garvaghy Road parade ban adjourned to Monday
Chris Bryant uses power to intervene and quash Parades Commission decision
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
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
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