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Orangemen at Drumcree have marched to police barricades to hand in a letter of protest after being banned from marching along the nationalist Garvaghy Road. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the parade dispute. Video by Mal McCann

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"It is especially tricky for Stormont parties and Sinn Fein in particular, as they are usually more inclined to stand with objectors than against them" Read Newton Emerson: tinyurl.com/2bjfwd6b

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A rally against racism has taken place in the centre of Newry, with those present calling on society to 'punch up not down'. Video by Jordan Treanor

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"In a festival often dominated by noise and spectacle, Capaldi’s performance was a reminder of music’s most powerful quality - connection. No drama. No politics. Just honesty and heart" Read Sophie Clarke: tinyurl.com/5x9wwaaw

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Police are investigating after a car was driven into the side of a house before being set on fire in south Belfast. Video by Mal McCann

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"When I say “caravan”, don’t be thinking Father Ted; this was like a luxury, muted grey apartment – we got hot showers and toasties... Then I went to the loo and things took an unexpected turn" Read Fabien McQuillan: tinyurl.com/4ky8hhkc

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"With Limerick gone, Cork know that they will never get a better chance to finally end the famine" Read Christy O'Connor: tinyurl.com/377mjuet

"Irish patriotism in future will involve fighting Russia, China or various Arab states, while aligning with Israel and the US – and Britain" Read Patrick Murphy: tinyurl.com/y4sy54bx

"I used to think the Eleventh Night and Twelfth looked like great craic and if I’m honest, part of me was jealous that our colonialist mates still got to hang out around a big fire the way we all used to at the internment bonfire in Lenadoon every August" Read Bronagh Diamond: tinyurl.com/577a4xxd

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"I always thought that the GFA position on a border poll was surprisingly vague; so vague, in fact, that I was similarly surprised that both the SDLP and Sinn Féin agreed to it" Read Alex Kane: tinyurl.com/43muz3r3

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"We have been told that the ICRIR, established by the last government and presently fighting for credibility, is going to be retained. If that is the case, then it needs to be the settled mind of both governments" Read Denis Bradley: tinyurl.com/4v5hdy3a

"For some, he’s always been an acquired taste but he’s always been his own man. Authentic and to hell with those who don’t like it" Read Brendan Crossan: tinyurl.com/ymw7b6at

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"Kerry, though… Kerry is different. And with each day that passes, the realisation, and the thirst for battle, is growing" Read Neil Loughran: tinyurl.com/4cvv9z7n

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"The British denied Irish people the self-determination they’d voted for in 1919, just as they did in various places in Africa which also collapsed into civil wars" Read Brian Feeney: tinyurl.com/f8bchtya

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"Kerry totally dominated at the weekend, particularly at midfield, and I’ll admit that I didn’t see that coming" Read Marc Ó Sé: tinyurl.com/kvynxkma

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"We are not a healed society and never will be if these towers of division keep burning year on year" Read Leona O'Neill: tinyurl.com/5n8xsxp5

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"Expectations of Stormont are so low it seems absurd to discuss it doing anything on welfare. An executive that will not put household rates up by £2 a week to save the water system is hardly about to coax people off disability benefits" Read Newton Emerson: tinyurl.com/5bruy8az

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"Belfast turned away from its waterfront once the river ceased to be used for industrial purposes, and city planners have for decades lacked the necessary vision to improve matters" Read Mary Kelly: tinyurl.com/4vh77kyj

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"The only person who seems to love him is Donald Trump – and that in itself speaks volumes" Read Tom Collins: tinyurl.com/2u367r3k

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"Whatever Armagh’s older crew decide, their work is already done. They’ve inspired the next generation of young footballers" Read Brendan Crossan: tinyurl.com/mss93txf

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"Starmer managed to give the impression that he was much keener to ban Kneecap than question Israel’s policy of genocide, and succeeded only in increasing the trio’s already massive popularity" Read The Irish News view: tinyurl.com/292sdcvu

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"The perception that the PSNI is becoming an institution which is increasingly and disproportionately linked to the Protestant tradition is deeply unhelpful" Read Noel Doran: tinyurl.com/5xp5kw2d

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"We are experiencing a societal crisis that is simply unprecedented" Read Chris Donnelly: tinyurl.com/yy3b7bak

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"Let’s call it as it is: NIW is struggling to draw from the well because, as the song goes, there’s a hole in their bucket" Read Tom Kelly: tinyurl.com/w3jn33f9

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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 24/06/2025

"This week could have entailed more detailed discussion of Down’s epic battle against Galway, Dublin edging past Cork, Donegal’s destruction of Louth, and Kerry crushing Cavan, but instead we have to turn our collective attention to the ‘last eight’ games" Read Kenny Archer: tinyurl.com/ns9sa57u

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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 24/06/2025

Former DUP leader and first minister Peter Robinson attended an event at Stormont with family members where his portrait by artist Carol Graham was unveiled

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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 23/06/2025

"It’s Armagh who are reigning All-Ireland champions. It’s Armagh who are hitting form. And if it goes down the stretch, all the evidence says it’s Armagh who will win" Read Cahair O'Kane: tinyurl.com/3rjx5wyt

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"Wages, pensions and benefits rates are all higher in RoI than in NI – would there be a ‘big bang’ convergence of these, or a gradual realignment?" Read Paul Gosling: tinyurl.com/5n75ttpu

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"While some might want to paint an emotive picture of inter-county players as being mean-spirited and too big for their boots by running off the field, it’s always more nuanced than that" Read Brendan Crossan: tinyurl.com/7fc4s2t7

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"It is easy to be wise after the event but, after such an enjoyable, competitive round-robin series aided beyond compare by football’s new flow, it feels counterintuitive to get rid of this structure at a time of such unprecedented change" Read Neil Loughran: tinyurl.com/2wvxkeku

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"How badly burned could NI unionism plc get if Reform does field candidates in supposedly ‘safe’ seats where the TUV, DUP and UUP might also be standing?" Read Alex Kane: tinyurl.com/5f3ap9ba

The annual Clonard Solemn Novena is taking place in west Belfast. This year's theme is ‘Pilgrims of Hope in a time of uncertainty’ which will reflect the late Pope Francis' ambition in proclaiming 2025 a Holy Year

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"Decades of appeasing the UVF and UDA and throwing money at them has made not the slightest difference except to enrich guys like ‘Winkie’ Irvine" Read Brian Feeney: tinyurl.com/2s3zzx6t

The Irish News @irishnews.com · 18/06/2025

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"Robinson didn’t take the opportunity to point out to supporters that there are no asylum seekers in Ballymena. He could have pointed out that Ballymena is over 94% white" Read Brian Feeney: tinyurl.com/tba2j722

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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 18/06/2025

"Even in Northern Ireland, we have witnessed numerous shifts in policy and approach over the years, from Sinn Féin changing their policy on abortion numerous times to the DUP on sharing power with Sinn Féin" Read David McCann: tinyurl.com/4m6jjm5r

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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 18/06/2025

Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, better known by his stage name Mo Chara, is to appear before a London court this morning after being charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act. Crowds have gathered in support outside Westminster Magistrates Court. Live updates: tinyurl.com/bdh254zk

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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 17/06/2025

"The whole apparatus of the state seems intent on enabling loyalist racism... policing paramilitarism ‘with sensitivity’, or blocking roads to let middle-aged men who normally wouldn’t walk the length of themselves claim the king’s highway for their own" Read Tom Collins: tinyurl.com/yey87pzm

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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 17/06/2025

"The mobs that set fire to the homes of migrant workers were no different from those that set fire to Catholic homes in Bombay Street at the start of the Troubles. Catholics were the enemy then, now it’s immigrants" Read Mary Kelly; tinyurl.com/5cfkx3b9

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"Already this summer, we have had three proper bonafide classics. We’re talking games that stand up against anything from any era" Read Cahair O'Kane: tinyurl.com/ywwtwnmf

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"The public deserves better than exchanging a sectarian war for an unfounded race war" Read Tom Kelly: tinyurl.com/2swjn3hj

"The public deserves better than exchanging a sectarian war for an unfounded race war" Read Tom Kelly: tinyurl.com/2swjn3hj

"I was on the Newtownards Road on a recent Friday night, and it is plainly a neighbourhood which has already undergone a transformation and is in the process of evolving still further." Read Noel Doran: tinyurl.com/3pvpt5hc