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  1. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Freya McClements

    Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march (opens the original)

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    A deal to resolve the Drumcree stand-off is “tantalisingly close”, UK secretary of state for Northern Ireland Chris Bryant has said, following further talks on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters outside Hillsborough Castle after meeting the Orange Order and with the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition, Bryant said those involved were “still engaged in warm conversations” and “have not got to the end of this process yet”. “Everybody is being very frank with each other and open and hones

  2. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Freya McClements

    No breakthrough in Drumcree crisis as Taoiseach tells Sinn Féin he won’t intervene (opens the original)

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    The political crisis in Northern Ireland, sparked by last Sunday’s Orange Order parade dispute at Drumcree, is no closer to being resolved. The standoff was continuing on Tuesday night after a second round of talks failed to bring a breakthrough. Northern Secretary Chris Bryant met separately with the order and the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition at Hillsborough Castle on Tuesday, but concerns are growing that the standoff could continue for some time. Talks are expected to resume on Wedn

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Freya McClements

    Stormont staggers on, but this is a dangerous moment for Northern Ireland (opens the original)

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    From outside parliament buildings, Stormont looks solid; inside, it feels precarious. Indeed, going by the language in the chamber, things could hardly be worse. There had been a “total abdication of leadership,” said the Deputy First Minister, the DUP’s Emma Little-Pengelly, of her partner at the head of government in Northern Ireland, Michelle O’Neill of Sinn Féin. “Michelle O’Neill not only broke the law, but encouraged others to do so,” Little-Pengelly told the Assembly on Mon

  4. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Freya McClements

    DUP says ‘no business as usual’ at Stormont amid simmering Drumcree tensions (opens the original)

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    The Irish and British governments have stressed the need to safeguard the North’s powersharing institutions amid a deepening political crisis over a controversial Orange Order parade at Drumcree. The stand-off in Portadown, Co Armagh, continued on Monday night, with hundreds of residents and supporters remaining on watch in case members of the Orange Order tried to force the march through. During Monday, the Order made a number of attempts to parade from the Church of Ireland church at the cen

  5. Article · Sep 24, 2026 · Freya McClements

    Omagh bombing inquiry hears from Garda detective under ‘exceptional’ cross-Border deal (opens the original)

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    A senior Garda detective has given evidence at the Omagh bombing inquiry as a result of an “expressly exceptional” agreement by the Irish Government. Part of an interview recorded with Det Supt Emmet Casserly in Dublin on September 1st was played to the inquiry in Belfast on Thursday. Lead counsel to the inquiry, Paul Greaney KC, said that once its entirety had been viewed, he hoped it would be deemed a “meaningful exercise” but highlighted its “limitations ... It was not the fully dyn

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