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GARVAGHY Road residents and their legal team have arrived at the High Court in Belfast this morning for the start of their legal challenge against Friday's Parades Commission decision to permit an Orange Order march though the Nationalist district of Portadown on Sunday morning.

WATCH: 'We are going into court tomorrow on behalf of the 21 people who lost their lives'

GARVAGHY Road residents and their supporters will be back at the High Court in Belfast on Saturday morning when a legal challenge will be heard against today’s Parades Commission decision to permit an Orange Order march though the Nationalist district of Portadown on Sunday morning.

I’M not easily shocked. How could I be? I’ve been at this job for all these decades and I’m still here. If I was easily shocked I’d be in a secure facility or shearing sheep in Donegal.

Falls Women’s Centre is good for your mental, physical and your social health

THE next time you see one of the older women from the Falls Road Women’s Centre, please do say hello – just don’t call them a “wee woman”.

Andytown group cycle over 200 miles to support cancer fund

A group of cyclists from Belfast completed a 200-mile journey from Newcastle to County Mayo to raise funds for Daisy Lodge and Cancer Fund for Children.

'Giving back to the community' is the motto as PD redevelopment is well underway

A MULTI-million pound redevelopment of Andersonstown Social Club (PD) is underway with a promise of giving something back to the community.

Music at Maddens podcast going from strength to strength as it surpasses 50 episodes

A PODCAST promoting traditional music in Ireland has recently surpassed 50 episodes since its launch last July.

Sinn Féin reps meet Justice Minister over Stewartstown Road concerns

WEST Belfast MP Paul Maskey and Danny Baker MLA have met with the Justice Minister to discuss ongoing concerns around anti-social behaviour and dangerous driving along the Stewartstown Road.

SQUINTER: Your super-soaraway Ed Sheeran special

HI, boss. A column on that Ed Sheeran concert statement, as requested...

Gerry Adams: Micheál Martin turns his back on Fianna Fáil priority

AS Fianna Fáil this year marks its 100th birthday, where does it stand on the issue of Irish unity? According to its Constitution, Fianna Fáil’s first aim is “To secure in peace and agreement the unity of Ireland and its people.” Very worthy, but has the party in or out of government during the last century actually done anything to achieve it?

Ceoltóir Pop-Ghaelach le seinm ar Bháirse Bhéal Feirste Dé Domhnaigh

Beidh ceoltóir popGhaelach ag seinm ceoil óna halbam úr ar Bháirse Bhéal Feirste Dé Domhnaigh.

JUDE COLLINS: A tale of two fighting families

Have you taken sides in the royal spat? Maybe you think that Earl Charles Spencer is a man who truly loved his sister, cared for her treatment by the royals during her life, seethed at the injustice of her death. King Charles III, in contrast, you may see as a man who loved a woman other than his wife, cared little about his wife during her life, and by some accounts punched the air and told Charles Spencer that his sister would soon be forgotten, even as the English people went a bit nuts in grieving over her. (Remember those mountains of flowers?)

Baird ar Champas Ollscoil na Banríona

BHÍ lorg na bhfilí ar champas Ollscoil na Banríona Déardaoin mar a chuir an grúpa IMRAM léitheoireacht filíochta ar siúl san Ionad Séamus Heaney mar chuid dá gclár Baird ar Champas.

Garvaghy Road residents' legal challenge against Parades Commission Drumcree decision begins

Train services suspended due to security alert in Lurgan

WATCH: 'We are going into court tomorrow on behalf of the 21 people who lost their lives'

ROBIN LIVINGSTONE: As the guns and barriers roll in again, whatever the people of Garvaghy decide, I stand with them

REACTION: Parades Commission gives go ahead for Garvaghy Road parade on Sunday

Falls Women’s Centre is good for your mental, physical and your social health

Andytown group cycle over 200 miles to support cancer fund

'Giving back to the community' is the motto as PD redevelopment is well underway

Music at Maddens podcast going from strength to strength as it surpasses 50 episodes

Sinn Féin reps meet Justice Minister over Stewartstown Road concerns

SQUINTER: Your super-soaraway Ed Sheeran special

Gerry Adams: Micheál Martin turns his back on Fianna Fáil priority

Ceoltóir Pop-Ghaelach le seinm ar Bháirse Bhéal Feirste Dé Domhnaigh

JUDE COLLINS: A tale of two fighting families

Baird ar Champas Ollscoil na Banríona

Soccer: Cliftonville progress to quarter-finals after thrashing Knockbreda

CELTIC STORIES: Transfer deadline looms as Celtic lick their wounds

Antrim Intermediate Hurling Round-Up: St Gall's and St Paul's clinch major wins and Cushendun look to pave the way

Antrim Senior Championship Round-Up: The Johnnies earn a huge win whilst Loughgiel and Cushendall avoid major scares

EYE ON THE PAST: August 1985 – Church to sell land for 100 homes on Shaws Road

PLATING UP: Stuffed calamari tubes with curried orzo rice

HEALTHWISE: Take steps to reduce the cancer risk in your food

ANDRÉE MURPHY: Mike Nesbitt was never rewarded for his decency

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