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Will Lawless @willlawless.bsky.social · 4h
At what point do we have a grown up conversation about our increasingly unstable neighbour's descent into full bore authoritarian fascism?
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John Maguire @johnmaguire.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Chris Bryant needs to go. Clueless, reckless and weak.
independent.co.uk
We’ll protect Troubles military veterans, cabinet minister promises
Exclusive: Following revelations about the role of special forces in Northern Ireland as revealed in The Independent’s podcast SAS: The Shadow War, Sir Chris Bryant says his government is committed to...
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David Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Couples with £1 million and a family home will be able to avoid contributing anything to the collective good of their children’s and grandchildren’s country says Kemi Badenoch. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
theguardian.com
Couples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics live
Conservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 08/10/2026
Police are to start issuing letters to those suspected of having committed a criminal offence in the ongoing dispute over the Drumcree Orange Order parade
rte.ie
PSNI to interview suspected Drumcree dispute lawbreakers
Police are to start issuing letters to those suspected of having committed a criminal offence in the ongoing dispute over an Orange Order parade in Co Armagh.
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Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign @ipsc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It is appalling that the Irish government has denied visas to these Palestinian students from Gaza, this must be overturned. #LetThemStudy Gazan students’ visas must be granted before it is too late www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
irishexaminer.com
Gazan students’ visas must be granted before it is too late
A group of leading Irish academics write that the mass refusal of visas to Palestinian students makes a mockery of the Taoiseach’s speech to the UN General Assembly
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 06/10/2026
Republic must acknowledge forgetting northern nationalists, Leo Varadkar says
irishtimes.com
Republic must acknowledge forgetting northern nationalists, Leo Varadkar says
Former taoiseach says reconciliation process required to ‘say sorry for the fact that happened’
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Rev Karen @revkarensethuraman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
**OVER 1000 SIGNATURES** Friends, we have reached over 1,000 signatures - we are absolutely blown away! A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to sign the letter. We will be closing the link tomorrow evening, so if you haven’t signed yet, there’s still time. Blessings, Rev Karen
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Colin Harvey @cjharvey1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A party of government in the South is on the brink of delivering a ‘blueprint for a unified island’ - with constitutional change now centre stage. Drumcree is miraculously revived. Go figure.
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Cathal Mac Coille @cathalmaccoille.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Open letter on the Drumcree and Garvaghy Road row signed by people from a Protestant background. Impressive.
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Others can still sign the letter btw. If you're protestant and have strong feelings about this, I urge you to sign. Irish people would love an end to this madness. Please repost too to spread the word.
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GylesNaMopaleen @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
wow. just wow. and more wow on top. Protestants in Northern Ireland are queueing up to sign an open letter by Rev Karen Sethuraman appealing to the Orange Order and Chris Bryant (SoS for NI) to stop the nonsense.
An open letter to the Rt Hon Chris Bryant MP. Secretary of State for
Northern Ireland, and Helen McEntee TO, Minister for Foreign
Affairs and Trade

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_rmKUmt0rriVT8oDq_IPPSHsk1FFwBfsV2UTMuXaUzbt9Wg/viewformlong list of names of prominent protestants in NI who have signed the open letter. 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_rmKUmt0rriVT8oDq_IPPSHsk1FFwBfsV2UTMuXaUzbt9Wg/viewformlong list of protestant names who have signed the open letter
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_rmKUmt0rriVT8oDq_IPPSHsk1FFwBfsV2UTMuXaUzbt9Wg/viewformlong list of protestant names who have signed the open letter.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_rmKUmt0rriVT8oDq_IPPSHsk1FFwBfsV2UTMuXaUzbt9Wg/viewform
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Sarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me for The Irish News on the Garvaghy Road standoff www.irishnews.com/opinion/sara...
irishnews.com
Sarah Creighton: Drumcree is a f*** you to nationalism. Is this really what victory looks like for unionism?
If the Drumcree parade is forced down the Garvaghy Road, our peace process will lie in tatters on the tarmac
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
💚💚💚🇵🇸🎻🎶BEOGA live at the Garvaghy Road Fleadh tent tonight!! 🎶🎻🇮🇪💚💚💚 @kneecapceol.bsky.social @unamullally.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social @cjharvey1.bsky.social @andreemurphy.bsky.social @clairemitchell.bsky.social @revkarensethuraman.bsky.social
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I would just like to announce to the world that the band that pulled out of Ed Sherran’s Zionist concerts a few weeks ago over the Macklemore farce has now joined the Garvaghy Rd Fleadh tent. BEOGA ! 🎶🎻🇵🇸 @unamullally.bsky.social @tonygroves.bsky.social
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"But Alternative Parade Route Wouldn't Allow Us To Pointlessly Create Tensions" Orange Order Confirm waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/2…
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Louth For Ever 🦋 @louthforever.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
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jeninbelfast.bsky.social @jeninbelfast.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The brass neck of Portadown Orange District LOL 1 talking about rubbing salt in the wounds of their community, the same people who wanted to parade in front of people whose family members were literally murdered as a result of the sectarianism their previous marches stoked.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The safety of women must always be more important than the approval of fraternity bros
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Brendan McNally @brendanmcn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very odd comment, now deleted, as the Garvaghy road residents are of a Christian background too, and as it happens, Catholic tradition has disobedience to unjust law as a fully orthodox part of its theology.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 28/09/2026
Poll: Do you support Michelle O'Neill in standing with Garvaghy Road protesters? Unionists have argued the Northern Ireland First Minister could bring down Stormont with her actions jrnl.ie/7175542
jrnl.ie
Poll: Do you support Michelle O'Neill in standing with Garvaghy Road protesters?
Unionists have argued the Northern Ireland First Minister could bring down Stormont with her actions.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You know, if you *really* cared about the wellbeing of women in college, instead of carping about the statistically insignificant number of trans athletes in sports minding their own business, you’d be railing against these Cornell fraternity cretins who drugged and gang-raped a passed-out women:
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MrCranky 🇨🇦 @mrcranky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
thousands of Irish people take to the streets to block a British loyalist march that nobody wants. thespectaclemag.substack.com/p/thousands-...
thespectaclemag.substack.com
thousands of Irish people take to the streets to block a British loyalist march that nobody wants.
the Orange Order hasn't marched the Garvaghy Road in 28 years but the Parades Commission just said they could. The community said no. They are still saying no, in the pouring rain, as you read this.
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Ellen Murray @ellenfromnowon.co.uk · 27/09/2026
Dark day back home, lads. Drumcree standoff in 2026 wasn't on my predictions for this year. Wouldn't be surprised if in 20 years from now, this is seen as one of the cascading moments that led to the end of Northern Ireland.
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Bono should do a surprise gig at Portadown Orange Hall to help ease tensions
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Also people, often outsiders or naïve, who are suggesting people just suck it up and let 35 men walk down the road, you are missing a context of decades of marches being deliberately routed through Catholic areas. Causing so much historical violence and contributing to the outbreak of the Troubles.
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sonofcathan @sonofcathan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Carla Lockhart didn't end up in back of a landrover for this behaviour. www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
irishnews.com
High Court judge raises ‘concerns’ over Carla Lockhart appearance with masked men at Scarva
DUP MP wants Orangemen to march through Catholic Garvaghy Road district of Co Armagh
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's the letter of the law, then there's the reality of the street. Are the cops really prepared to disperse local people who have gathered to oppose political intimidation in the place they live? I hope not.
newsletter.co.uk
All we know about the Garvaghy Road protest so far
Protesters continue to block Portadown’s Garvaghy Road in a tense standoff, as police instruct them to disperse.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Sectarian tension in Northern Ireland was already rising, driven by anti-immigration mobs Now old wounds are re-opening elsewhere. Garvaghy Road was the flashpoint in the 1990s. It bodes very ill that we’re back to this point www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
theguardian.com
Northern Ireland live: controversial Orange Order march in Portadown delayed amid huge protest
Large crowd blocking route march was due to take in Catholic enclave of largely Protestant town
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
What happens on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown has ramifications for Northern Ireland, Ireland and UK politics. If the PSNI (police) force a path through the nationalist residents and protect a loyalist triumphalist hate march ('Orange parade') along the road, it could spark widespread unrest.
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D15Socialist @d15socialist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Tweet by the Call It Out group who campaign against anti-Irish bigotry in the West of Scotland that brings attention to the disgraceful decision to allow the Orange Order to parade down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism.
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Ivana Bacik @ivanabacik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
labour.ie/news/2026/09...
labour.ie
Statement from Labour Party on Garvaghy Road - The Labour Party
Statement from Labour Party on Garvaghy Road - The Labour PartyLabour leader Ivana Bacik TD has expressed her solidarity with the residents of the Garvaghy Road, following a night of deep uncertainty ...
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One from the archives In 1984 Dunnes shop worker Mary Manning refused to handle South African goods & was backed by her shop steward, Karen Gearon. Both were suspended. 9 colleagues came out in support. The strike lasted 3yrs & forced the Irish govt to ban the import of all SA goods. All heroes
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Darach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Notice here how people from the North don’t actually exist in his mind. The people “looking to be outraged” are down here, the existence of actual residents being intimidated hasn’t even occurred to him.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
You know what’s more dangerous than a trans athlete? 7 Frat boys at Cornell University.
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Lady J of Tay @ladyjoftay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/area/armagh/...
belfasttelegraph.co.uk
PSNI says Drumcree parade cannot be facilitated as Orange Order calls for officers to ‘enforce the law’
PSNI read out warning to Garvaghy Road protesters
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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
PSNI tells Orange Order not to march down Garvaghy Road "The PSNI has dramatically told the Orange Order that it will not be able to march on Garvaghy Road in Portadown this morning, because there are too many Nationalist protestors on the road who are refusing to move, Mark Hennessy reports."
irishtimes.com
PSNI tells Orange Order not to march down Garvaghy Road amid blockade by protesters
Belfast appeals court overturns ban on Protestant organisation marching through mainly nationalist area of Portadown
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Paul Murphy TD @paulmurphy.pbp.ie · 27/09/2026
Police arrived at top of Garvaghy Road with threatening audio saying protestors will be arrested.
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Cllr. Séamas de Faoite @seamasbelfast.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Three summers of paramilitary directed racist violence, enabled by Unionist politicians talking about “legitimate concerns”. Children burnt out of their homes. The rest of us, from all backgrounds, aren’t stupid. We know what you’re at. We’ve seen what the future can be, you’re trying to stop it.
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Mark @deirbhilesdaddy.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The sectarian Orange Order members have returned to the Orange Hall near Drumcree Church to wait for word that the Garvaghy Road is clear for them to march.It may be a long long wait .
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Cornish Skipper #FBPE #RejoinEU 🇪🇺🔶🌹💚💙 @cornishskipper.wsocial.eu · 27/09/2026
“A controversial loyalist parade along a nationalist street in the Northern Ireland town of Portadown is set to go ahead for the first time in nearly 30 years” whatever the legal position this is unnecessary & provocative & will only inflame, not heal, divisions www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Loyalist parade in Northern Ireland given go-ahead as almost 30-year ban overturned
Orange Order march along Garvaghy Road scheduled to take place for first time in 28 years after injunction dismissed on appeal
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Blogger Mind @bloggersminds.com · 27/09/2026
Court clears Orange Order march on Garvaghy Road despite Catholic community protest Legal background of the Parades Commission The Parades Commission, an independent public body bloggersminds.com/post/court-clears…
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Court clears Orange Order march on Garvaghy Road despite Catholic community protest
Legal background of the Parades Commission The Parades Commission, an independent public body, has the authority to regulate public processions in Northern Ireland. Established in 1998, the commission reviews applications for marches, assesses the potential for public disorder, and can impose conditions or reroute a parade.
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UM LEGACY PRESS LTD @umlegacypress.com · 27/09/2026
Northern Ireland court allows Orange Order march through Catholic area Crowd gathers on Garvaghy Road early on Sunday morning to protest against the ruling allowing the march.
umlegacypressqsefc.com
Northern Ireland court allows Orange Order march through Catholic area
Crowd gathers on Garvaghy Road early on Sunday morning to protest against the ruling allowing the march.
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Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The DUP and SF have been in a staring contest over who will collapse stormont first and I don't see how that won't happen when a load of people get battered off the road by the PSNI so 35 pricks, who've been using an alternative route for 28 years, can march down a road full of taigs.
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