THE standoff at Drumcree continued on Monday as protesters lined the Garvaghy Road and police prevented Orange Order members from departing Drumcree Church.
THE final weekend of the Senior and Intermediate saw chaos and drama unfold as the finals in both tiers of the Antrim LGFA took place with an all-Belfast derby between two West Belfast rivals in Gort na Mona and St John's with the Mona-Bypass side hoping to rewrite the wrongs of last season.
THE First Minister Michelle O'Neill has called on the Irish and British governments to intervene over attempts by the Orange Order to march down the Garvaghy Road.
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.
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.
The Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in the Dáil, Patrick O’Donovan TD, has said that he will work to end geo-blocking on television for northern audiences.
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?
