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There is a document on the table the GRRC could live with… now let’s see if the Order agrees to it www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/area/armagh/...

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Hope over Drumcree dispute as residents ready to accept document ‘if Orange Order agrees’

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 7h

There was a huge risk that the NI public inquiry into Laundries and Institutional Abuse was not going to get off the ground amid the turmoil of recent months - this is important news, and Langdale has vital experience as Counsel to other inquiries: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Appointment of Rachel Langdale KC to lead Truth Recovery Public Inquiry welcomed

Probe will cover mother and baby institutions, Magdalene laundries and workhouses

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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 9h

Today, @wired.com is publishing Choke Points, an 18-month investigation into how Israel’s network of checkpoints, gates, and roadblocks is reshaping daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. A thread on the reporting, and what we found:

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 8h

This is in response to the stay of execution of Christa Pike in TN. In Glossip v Gross, Justice Roberts cited human rights law studies on the impact of time with the certainty of death and those last moments - gubernatorial pardons, SCOTUS decisions - that would allow to contemplate life. Torture.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 8h

A peaceful bloc of residents sitting on the road across the street from where they actually live and pouring each other cups of tea is more investigated, and on a larger scale (a scale of what?) than perpetrators of actual pogroms for 3 years running.

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Chief Constable says large scale criminal investigation underway into unlawful protest on Garvaghy Road

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 9h

French high school students have been on strike, occupying their school buildings since Monday. Their demands are simple: better learning environments, substitute teachers, and safe building infrastructure. Some of them are joined by their educators, with 31 reporting injuries due to police violence

lemonde.fr

Blocages des lycées : 338 établissements concernés mardi, dont 45 encore bloqués, selon le ministère de l’éducation nationale

La principale organisation syndicale des lycéens, l’Union syndicale lycéenne, a appelé au blocage des établissements, mardi, à l’occasion d’une journée de mobilisation dans la fonction publique. Les a...

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 12h

The summer before my 7th birthday.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 14h

For those following at home, this is the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, day 5 of the stand off

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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 15h

“She is one of a number of representatives from across the UK’s women’s sector who told us how, far from tackling violence against women, far-right activity has actively disrupted frontline women’s services – and ultimately left victims more vulnerable.” www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

thebureauinvestigates.com

‘Fear is part of our life now’: women’s groups thrown into disarray…

Anti-immigration protestors are disrupting services aimed at those they claim to protect

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End Deportations Belfast @enddbelfast.bsky.social · 17h

Ron McDowell posting an AI image to vastly inflate numbers at a political event is a serious standards issue.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 16h

I still have a lot of “but why don’t the residents let the Order march?” Well, because they remember. A community activist from Ardoyne I won’t name, but goes under Belfast.jpeg, has compiled some of the stories. There are 21 deaths total linked to the Drumcree “dispute”.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The GRRC and the Orange Order have finished their talk today with the Secretary of State - with Breandan Mc Cionnaith needing to confer with the residents. Meanwhile, the GRRC legal team submits to the appeals court that the Parade Commission had “materially misdirected itself”

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents conclude evening talks with Secretary of State as fresh legal bid to stop parade launched

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are a lot of people I want to hear from on the rule of law - its idea, its practice, its enforcement, its future. There are so many, worldwide, committed to defending it, often at considerable personal and professional expense. And then there’s the Portadown LOL.

In a social media post, Portadown District said the rule of law has been “hugely damaged” and that faith in the law “continues to erode”.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Here’s the response from Mayor Cantelmo and special Council resolutions

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I shared a long thread a day or so ago in which I outlined that I was - pretty staunchly I believe - against international mediation, largely about consent. Well, it looks like the GRRC thinks it’s a good idea - and we will follow their lead

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Chris Bryant returning for further talks as Drumcree stalemate continues: ‘Nobody wants Northern Ireland to return to the 1990s’

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Republic of Ireland is sponsored by Google I guess

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A few days ago, I had shared a post by the Justice Minister, Naomi Long, saying that her thoughts were, at the early days of the stand-off, with the police. Not with anyone else. In this post, she appeals to the Order, claiming they are for “the greater good” (sic) and* condemns the residents*.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is there a reason for the Secretary of State not to come to the Garvaghy Road? If an independent mediator is to be decided by the British government, why doesn’t he come here and report back? Leadership will mean being on the ground. As usual, no one considers it worth it. Residents deserve better

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

According to the Belfast Telegraph, Orangemen have attempted to march again, and there is significant police presence. They said they’d remain overnight and they are “determined to complete their march.”

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Imagine the humiliation of Palestinians at Israeli checkpoints. Asked to show their papers. That stamps them as Palestinians. For the purposes of restricting their movement.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Day 3 of the Garvaghy Road stand-off. From what I can see, people are enjoying respite from the rain and are sitting on the hill, while people play guitar and sing. There is absolutely an alternative to hate. And I’m giving you the longest running metaphor possible.

miraonthewall.substack.com

On standing still

in the middle of the Garvaghy Road

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is what happens when one decides to be a stereotype. But I love nothing more than being proven right at every turn. On the other hand, Bluesky, I thought we had agreed not to exhibit Twitter behaviour!

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“The days of unionist domination are over” - First Minister Michelle O’Neill

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I had placed a bet that the government would collapse at 11. I lost. Let’s see if @saraita101.bsky.social has better odds (she suggested 3pm)

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

While politicians battle it out in the Assembly, the Order attempted to march again less than two hours ago.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Much commentary is made by people who find this a normal and acceptable consequence of what they’ve somehow decided was a choice. It baffles me that some of those people are children, and would want them safe, too, and would mourn them, too. As Baldwin said, all children are our children

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Elaine Crory @elainecrory.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Also given the death of Robert Hamill - connected to this very parade - involved exactly those allegations about police inaction it's a particularly egregious line of argument

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

That’s it. There was no stand off, somehow, during the pogroms. There were no attempt at policing. There were not that many calls for the enforcement of the law. There were no announcement made that this was unlawful. But again, we all know where Lockhart was

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

There is a genuine incomprehension amongst many journalists and politicians that anyone might care sincerely about Palestinians or seriously object to their indiscriminate slaughter. The natural human response to this genocide is something they simply cannot understand.

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Louise @selkies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Great now I've had to witness an English person try to pronounce Armagh

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Never thought I’d wake up to “Netanyahu relies on the ICC”

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I’m just giving yous a glimpse of the absolute lows I find in my mentions

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And to be clear - this was a standoff, one that shouldn’t have happened, one that lasted too long, but there was no confrontation, and no violence. We can attribute that to the resolve of the GRRC and the support of everyone who was on the road. Where was this call for help during the pogroms?

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Secretary of State wants a brainstorming session with a big white board. This isn’t rocket science - the Order just has to look at a map of Portadown and walk down a different street. Too much I assume

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

In case you were wondering, the Orangemen attempted to march at 4am again. The residents’ coalition has asked to meet with the Secretary of State and the Chief Constable later today

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition leader to meet NI Secretary and PSNI chief for talks on Drumcree dispute

Orangemen attempted to complete the parade at 4am but were blocked once again by PSNI Land Rovers

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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Once again the children suffer thanks to loyalists. They clearly haven't learnt anything from their behaviour at the Holy Cross School in north Belfast in 2001.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Quaint heritage, nothing to be worried about, harmless marchers

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Children being burned in their home is not a “quaint heritage event”. It’s sustained and repeated collective trauma.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

10am as well. Just when they arrive.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

2027 is going to be an episode of the last of us

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Important point: the residents are those of the Garvaghy Road, not Portadown as a whole. They are perfectly content letting the Order march anywhere else. Just not there, and for good reason. I don’t think it is an unreasonable demand on the part of the residents to just ask to move a tiny bit.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When you hear Gavin Robinson talk about the victimisation of the Orange Order and attacking his political opponents, remember he is the head of the DUP Inquiry into the actions of Jeffrey Donaldson. I’m pretty sure he should be too busy to opine.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Nevermind, I was too excited in my previous post. They left the church they were in, police told them to come back in. Stand off continues

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“The old hatred still lingers in some areas” Just wow

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Father Sean Larkin celebrating an open air mass for the protesters on the Garvaghy Road, with the RUC blockade behind him. Photo by Marc O’Sullivan, July 1997.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Things are escalating to a level of idiocy I should not be surprised by. • the DUP says Sinn Fein is irresponsable • police engage protesters, but refusal to speak. Paul Maskey singled out • the Secretary of State says no elected official or representative should be with the protesters

belfasttelegraph.co.uk

‘Michelle O’Neill is prepared to give a two finger salute to the rule of law’: DUP leader Gavin Robinson hits out at First Minister

DUP leader Gavin Robinson called on Michelle O’Neill to respect the courts and the rule of law

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Some are arguing that the Orangemen are harmless. If that wasn’t the case, no stand off would be necessary. That’s the choice made when reopening a wound that killed 21 people over the years.

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