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Blair told Orangemen to end Drumcree stand-off after brothers’ firebomb deaths

Tony Blair told the head of the Orange Order to call for an immediate end to the Drumcree parading dispute hours after three young brothers were killed in a loyalist firebomb attack. The Prime Minister held talks with Grand Master Robert Saulters ...

29 Dec 2021 at 01:25

Government discussed potential of using ‘discreet persuasion’ with parades body

Mo Mowlam considered an attempt to persuade the Parades Commission to delay a report on contentious marches amid concerns that it might destabilise peace talks in Northern Ireland, archive files have revealed. A series of letters from senior ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Police planning for Drumcree disorder sought chainsaw training

Police drawing up contingency plans to deal with serious disorder in Northern Ireland asked whether officers could use state-owned diggers to clear rioters’ blockades. Archive files from the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland reveal ...

29 Dec 2021 at 11:25

Irish flag and poster of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar placed on loyalist bonfire

An Irish flag and a poster of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar were placed on top of a loyalist bonfire in Co Tyrone. The pyre in Moygashel previously garnered attention online after a boat was placed on it. By Saturday evening, a banner reading ...

08 Jul 2023 at 23:55

First of the July 11 bonfires in Northern Ireland to be lit

The first of the bonfires to mark Northern Ireland’s traditional July 12 celebrations are to be lit later. Those to be burned on Saturday night include a pyre topped with a white boat at Moygashel in Co Tyrone, which has garnered ...

08 Jul 2023 at 17:53

Secretary of State urged to help find resolution to Drumcree dispute

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has been urged to intervene to help find a resolution to a 25-year-old Co Armagh parading dispute. Members of the Orange Order have staged an annual protest during the Drumcree ...

09 Jul 2023 at 23:09

Quinn murders ‘changed mood’ in NI at height of Drumcree standoff

The murders of three young children in Ballymoney were recorded as having “changed the mood” in Northern Ireland following a period of sustained violence at the height of the Drumcree standoff in 1998. Newly released state ...

29 Dec 2022 at 00:01

Government wanted RUC to keep power over parades after Drumcree clashes

The UK Government insisted that the RUC should retain the power to make decisions over contentious parades in the first year that violence erupted at Drumcree in Northern Ireland. A series of declassified memos from ...

29 Dec 2022 at 11:00

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Application to complete Drumcree march on All-Ireland final day denied

An application by an Orange Order lodge to march on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown on Sunday has been denied by the Parades Commission. The Portadown District LOL No 1 had proposed completing their Drumcree parade ...

25 Jul 2024 at 16:54

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