An Ardoyne residents’ group has rubbished claims by a DUP MLA that it was involved in talks with the Orange Order to facilitate parades through the district. The claim was made by North Belfast MLA Philip Brett on BBC Radio Ulster’s Talk Back programme. Between 2016 and 2024 the Parades Commission ruled that the July 12 return parade could not pass Ardoyne Shops. During the interview Mr Brett claimed that after “discussions between the Orange Order and resident and Political representatives” that for the past two years return parades have taken place on July 13. “That was a result of dialogue, discussion and compromise,” he added. Crumlin Ardoyne Residents Association rubbished the claims. In a statement the group said:  “For the record, CARA made it clear to the Parades Commission that we are against any such return parades and specifically the parades on 13thJuly 2025 and 14th July 2026. “In spite of this, the Parades Commission chose to allow the Orange Order to parade up the Crumlin Road between the Nationalist areas of Mountainview and Ardoyne.

An authoritative tome on the Fenian movement of America which spotlights the role of Black volunteers in this late-19th Century revolutionary movement, is, of course, a must-read for aficionados of Irish history. But when the author is actually an Irish speaking American immigrant who has made Belfast his home — a latter-day, reverse-ferret fenian, a tabloid headline writer might suggest — then the work deserves pride of place in the front window of every bookshop in any city where green is worn. 

Tá an scannán Gaeilge 'Aontas' roghnaithe ag IFTA le dul chun tosaigh mar rogha na hÉireann fá choinne 'Príomhscannán Idirnáisiúnta is Fearr' ag na Oscars. 

RADIUS Housing has celebrated the completion of the latest phase of its flagship Lagmore development, marking another significant milestone in a long-term investment that has delivered high-quality social housing for families across West Belfast.

The glee among loyalism at this week's court decision on the Orange march down the Catholic Garvaghy Road in Portadown was more evidence, is such were needed, of the cul-de-sac of sectarianism in which the unionist parties now find themselves.