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• Drumcree: Suzanne Breen on how the impact Garvaghy dispute is having on politics

  October 6, 2026 · 36 min

  The stand-off between the Drumcree Orange men and the Garvaghy residents continues. In Belfast on Monday – a court reserved judgment on the residents’ renewed application to stop the march. The march – and the protest has sharply divided…

• Donaldson still in Maghaberry hospital as old home goes up for sale

  October 4, 2026 · 22 min

  He was once known as the Right Honourable Sir Jeffrey Donaldson but is now known as inmate number E5032. Donaldson once proudly walked the corridors of Westminster, ate in fancy restaurants, and commanded media attention. But now he…

• ‘They’ve got Marty’: the unsolved murder of Sunday World journalist Martin O’Hagan

  October 3, 2026 · 23 min

  A fearless investigative reporter who exposed the criminal underworld behind Northern Ireland’s paramilitaries, O’Hagan had made dangerous enemies on both sides, but no one has ever been convicted of his murder. Joining Fionnán Sheehan is…

• Drumcree: No deal over Garvaghy march, £3m spent so far, O'Neill defiant

  October 1, 2026 · 31 min

  The standoff between the Orangemen on Drumcree and the residents of the Garvaghy Road continues in Portadown. Negotiations involving the Secretary of State Chris Bryant, the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents have so far failed to…

• The mistake that left ‘Slab' Murphy with a big bill and a massive problem

  September 29, 2026 · 30 min

  In 1990, Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy lost his seminal libel case against the Sunday Times. But formerly secret files reveal the south Armagh republican was actually expected to win it – and that the paper was considering throwing in the towel…

• Drumcree: nationalist and unionist camps completely divided over Garvaghy march

  September 28, 2026 · 41 min

  There is a stalemate in Portadown and deep division in Stormont. On the Orange side, the issue is the rights of a small number of people to march their traditional route – backed by a legal ruling. On the Garvaghy Road, a community feels…

• Siobhán Fenton: Former insider on Sinn Féin' ideological conundrums

  September 27, 2026 · 48 min

  When journalist Siobhan Fenton was headhunted by Sinn Féin in 2020 she was an outsider. Entering the party press office in Dublin, she was from Belfast, and didn’t support IRA violence. At the time Sinn Fein was soaring, with Mary Lou…

• Drumcree: Orange Order to march Garvaghy road again after 28 years

  September 25, 2026 · 27 min

  The Parades Commission has given go ahead for Drumcree Orange march down the Garvaghy Road - but with stringent conditions. Permission has been granted for no more than 35 people, including five named marshals, to take part in the parade…