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It’s now a waiting game after judgement was reserved in the latest legal challenge to the Orange Order’s attempt to march along the Garvaghy Road.
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Judgement reserved as Drumcree standoff continues
It’s now a waiting game after judgement was reserved in the latest legal challenge to the Orange Order’s attempt to march along the Garvaghy Road.
Published October 8, 2026
Young Derry Republican jailed after Garvaghy solidarity
An 18-year-old Derry republican has been jailed on remand after being
arrested while travelling to Portadown’s Garvaghy Road to show
solidarity with the residents resisting an Orange Order march through
their community.
Published October 8, 2026
PSNI intimidation fails to stop hunger strike commemoration
A large PSNI operation targeting Saoradh activists in South Armagh
failed to prevent their annual commemoration of the 1981 hunger strikers
from going ahead, despite what the party described as an aggressive and
disproportionate use of state surveillance, stop-and-search and
intimidation.
Published October 8, 2026
Budget 2027: Govt gives with one hand and takes with the other
A Dublin government with billions in the bank has delivered a Budget
that has left ordinary workers, families and pensioners struggling with
the same soaring costs, while handing substantial tax breaks to those
who need them least.
Published October 8, 2026
Infamous road finally set for safety improvements
The long-delayed A5 dual carriageway can now proceed after the Court of
Appeal in Belfast overturned a High Court ruling which had blocked the
£1.7 billion project.
Published October 8, 2026
Garvaghy Road’s drive to victory
A midnight uprising against the forces of unionism and the Crown could
mark a turning point for the push to end sectarian parades in the Six
County statelet.
Published October 1, 2026
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.
Published October 1, 2026
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.
Published October 1, 2026
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.
Published October 1, 2026
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.
Published October 1, 2026
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.
Published October 1, 2026
Orange Order ‘victory’ parade could reignite anger
The proposed return of an inflammatory anti-Catholic parade to the
nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown could unravel hard-won deals at
former parading flashpoints across the north, residents’ groups have
warned.
Published September 24, 2026
Lifelong activist, former Sinn Féin Assembly member and
justice campaigner Pól de Buitléir (Paul Butler) has died suddenly at the age of 69.
Published September 24, 2026
Veterans remembered as Billy ‘Blue’ Kelly is honoured
The funeral of IRA Volunteer Billy ‘Blue’ Kelly was marked with an
honour guard of republicans who carried his coffin through west Belfast.
Published September 24, 2026
Gardaí under scrutiny over conflict cases and RUC role
The controversial tenure of former Garda Police Commissioner and head of
RUC/PSNI Special Branch, Drew Harris, is back under scrutiny as the 26
County state faces legal action over its failure to investigate Garda
misconduct during the conflict, alongside fresh allegations about the
role of another former RUC figure within the Gardaí.
Published September 24, 2026
2,500 Irish artists sign pledge to boycott Israel
More than 2,500 Irish artists have signed a pledge refusing to perform
or exhibit in Israel or accept funding from institutions linked to the
Israeli government.
Published September 24, 2026
Trump piles pressure for action on Irish Unity
For the first time, a sitting US President has backed calls for Irish
unity. Donald Trump’s repeated calls for Irish reunification have pushed
the demand for a border poll onto the global agenda and sparked new
energy within the Irish diaspora.
Published September 17, 2026
Hamill inquiry exposes RUC’s obstruction of justice
Almost 30 years after Robert Hamill was kicked to death by a unionist
mob in Portadown, the long-delayed final report of a public inquiry has
exposed a catalogue of wrongful acts, negligence and deliberate
obstruction by members of the police.
Published September 17, 2026
PSNI failures undermine Noah’s inquest
The PSNI made 13 investigative errors which affected the ability of an
inquest jury to establish what happened to 14-year-old Noah Donohoe,
whose body was found in a north Belfast storm drain six days after he
disappeared.
Published September 17, 2026
Joining the dots between Robert Hamill and Noah Donohoe
There is a disturbing continuity between the Robert Hamill case and the
death of Noah Donohoe. They are separated by 23 years and arose in
different circumstances, but both have left families confronting a
question which should never have been necessary: what happened to the
state’s responsibility to protect the innocent and to find the truth?
Published September 17, 2026