Drumcree
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Orangeman was asked if he wanted Irish flag removed from Dublin Castle
- Irish News
- November 24, 2020, 00:01
A Co Armagh businessman and former Orange Order member has recounted how during political reconciliation discussions an offer was made to remove the I(...)

Journalist and author Chris Ryder dies aged 73
- Irish News
- October 4, 2020, 17:36
The Northern Ireland journalist, Chris Ryder who covered the Troubles virtually from their outset, has died at the age of 73. His wife Genny in a twe(...)

Róisín Ingle: It was love at first riot. Twenty years later the fire still burns
- People
- July 15, 2020, 06:05
Several years ago, at the height of what we called the Celtic Tiger, I found myself sitting at a fancy dinner in a grand country hotel with some peopl(...)

In a Word... Orange
- Culture
- July 11, 2020, 05:30
Happy Eve of the Twelfth. I’ve attended more Orange parades than some might consider acceptable for a native-born son of Roscommon. Included were eigh(...)

Decent man who made crucial contribution to life in Northern Ireland
- Irish News
- January 24, 2020, 18:52
My first face-to-face meeting with the former Northern Ireland deputy first minister Seamus Mallon was on December 19th, 1975, when members of the so-(...)

British state papers: Orange march to Drumcree ‘a disaster’
- Politics
- December 30, 2019, 01:42
The disastrous effect of a decision to permit an Orange march through the nationalist Garvaghy Road to Drumcree Parish Church in Portadown in July 199(...)

That was the year that was in Northern Ireland . . . 1996
- Politics
- December 30, 2019, 01:00
The IRA ceasefire broke down in 1996, plunging the peace process into turmoil. The year opened with the RUC chief constable, Sir Hugh Annesley, sayin(...)

Blood Red Lines: Play reveals personal tales of Troubles tragedy
- Irish News
- September 2, 2019, 01:11
Armagh man Dessie Trainor shares a stage with 10 others, but they all share much more than a stage. Over the course of two hours, Trainor and his fel(...)

Jailed brother of murdered NI man fails in bid to attend funeral
- Crime & Law
- August 23, 2019, 21:51
A convicted killer has failed in a High Court bid to secure temporary prison release for his murdered brother’s funeral. Clifford McKeown issued em(...)

Church of Ireland marks 150 years since end of role as state church
- Religion & Beliefs
- July 29, 2019, 01:00
Standing before the impressive Neo-Romanesque doorway of St Ann’s Church of Ireland on Dublin’s Dawson Street, Fred Deane is handing out leaflets for (...)