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And now we have a call for more segregation. They are being very loud as to what they want and where they want to go.

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Gavin Robinson says that “rumours have been widely circulating” that there were armed dissidents republicans floating around the Garvaghy Road. This is the first time I’m hearing about those widely circulating rumours. I tried to find a photo of said violent threat. Here, by Brian Lincoln

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Meanwhile, the residents of Garvaghy were not exactly in the confrontational mood last night. They never were, despite what the DUP is telling you.

Belfast Telegraph headline: “Garvaghy Road resident “looking forward to watching Strictly”

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Here’s more about Bryson, who once said “I am contemptuous of nationalism as an idea, as an ideology. I reject it and I fight against it.” Bryson, for no discernible reason, was invited into the corridors of power by the DUP and stood there with the backing of the East Belfast UVF.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Besides the hilarity of calling it irrational, and the concerning understanding that this would be unlawful, his third argument is very telling. It was always about re-igniting the troubles, and he is now admitting it.

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In other news, today is my wee boy’s gotcha day. It’s been 3 years. Not a day I’m not grateful for him. (The scar on his face is because he’s been scratching - it’s handled by the vet and he’s healing ok.)

A photo of the most beautiful cat ever, James Connolly, aged 3 years old

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The Belfast Telegraph knew what it was doing here. Kudos.

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Took the photo of this sign - which translates into, “stand with the community of the Garvaghy Road, stand your ground.”

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And loose threads there are, and there are many. The people on the road yesterday - not just from Portadown, but from Belfast, Derry, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Donegal - are people rallying for one reason and one slogan: they will not return to the bad times.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can’t stress this enough: the trauma of the Garvaghy Road isn’t just massive, it is collective and very much present. It might be difficult to grasp if you’ve never been to the North or if your exposure has been limited. But the Quinn brothers were never forgotten. From the rally yesterday:

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Here are the (alleged) terms of the document on the table at Hillsborough yesterday that the Orange Order refused: every single concession from the GRRC (including “acknowledgement it was wrong to block the road”) in exchange for the Order not to march. The Order refused. This isn’t good faith.

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Belfast is unfortunately gathering the four horsemen one after the other - this time, Viktor Orban came to visit saying he was attending a football event. This is him at an anti-abortion rights protest on Tuesday, posing with Bernie Smyth, director of “Precious Life”

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In addition, I think it is important to remember, especially in this day and age, that the 2000 parade included members of Neo-Nazi group Combat 18 joining the Orangemen. Combat 18 members are barred from joining police or prison forces in the UK / have frozen assets, but group isn’t proscribed

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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

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

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 · 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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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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This is our Justice Minister, seemingly inconvenienced, whose thoughts are with the police. Not with the residents. Not with the grieving mothers. Not with another elected officials attempting to de-escalate. Not for those across the North forced to hold their breath. Happy anniversary though Naomi!

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Being nominated as Secretary of State to NI is basically being picked last for volleyball. They typically wash their hands of any trigger of violence, claiming those are unimportant simmers in otherwise calm waters. It was never true. We know MPs talked to Bryant, but coming here sends a message

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People have started to form a line, standing on the road, arm in arm. You can see MPs and MLAs, too. If the Orange Order was as legitimate and respectful as they say they are, they would have left.

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We committed in 1998 for our children. And we are now back to having to do this again. In 1998, three brothers - Jason (8), Mark (9), and Richard (10) Quinn were killed on the 12th of July as a petrol bomb set their house on fire. The RUC linked the murders to the Garvaghy Road dispute. Today:

A woman holding a sign “for the sake of our children - there is no going back” on the Garvaghy Road, Portadown

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