After thousands joined a colourful protest and rally against continuing
attempts to force a sectarian parade through nationalist Portadown,
there were warnings that enraged unionists could seek to escalate
tensions in the area.
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October 3, 2026
No going back
After thousands joined a colourful protest and rally against continuing
attempts to force a sectarian parade through nationalist Portadown,
there were warnings that enraged unionists could seek to escalate
tensions in the area.
October 1, 2026
Garvaghy Road’s drive to victory
Drumcree wounds reopened
The attempt to revive the Drumcree parade has reopened some of the
deepest wounds of the conflict, with families of those killed during the
original dispute warning that they do not want to see another generation
grow up in fear.
Portadown community becomes focus of solidarity
An extraordinary wave of support has gathered around the Garvaghy Road,
with people from across Ireland and beyond joining residents in
opposition to the attempt to force an anti-Catholic parade through the
Catholic community.
Derry disorder linked to Drumcree standoff
Amid soaring tensions over the Drumcree dispute, Derry was hit by two
nights of disorder this week as nationalist youths clashed with the PSNI
in the Top of the Hill and Waterside areas, with petrol bombs, bricks
and other missiles thrown at police lines.
25 years on, Martin O’Hagan’s killers remain free
Twenty-five years after Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan was shot
dead by unionists in Lurgan, Amnesty International and the Committee to
Protect Journalists have called for a new independent investigation into
his murder.
Protests continue over FAI stance on Israel
An open letter from League of Ireland supporters and a protest outside
the Dublin parliament have stepped up calls for the cancellation of
Sunday’s Ireland’s soccer fixture against Israel in Serbia, despite
the team having played Israel last week in Hungary.
The 200-year old problem is the Orange Order
No one can predict where the latest impasse will take society and
politics here, but we do know for certain that Portadown Orangemen will
apply to march along Garvaghy Road again, and again.
John Devoy - The Greatest Fenian
John Devoy—exile, organiser, journalist, and
Fenian—gave more than sixty years of his life to the single cause of
breaking British rule in Ireland.
