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DUP MP says unionists angry over Michelle O'Neill's role in protests

BBC News 11 Oct 2026
Carla Lockhart said the DUP has it "within it's gift to remove" O'Neill as Northern Ireland's first minister and it "cannot be business as usual" at Stormont ... .
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DUP should use powers to remove O'Neill, says Lockhart

RTE 11 Oct 2026
DUP MP for the constituency Carla Lockhart has said there must be "profound consequences" ... As the DUP’s Emma Little-Pengelly is Deputy First Minister, her withdrawal from the post would automatically force Michelle O’Neill out of office.
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DUP accuses Bryant of ‘disgraceful appeasement’ on Garvaghy Road march

The Irish Times 11 Oct 2026
DUP leader Gavin Robinson called for more information about the decision to be made public, questioning whether there had been a “bending of the knee of the rule of law in the threat of terror and violence” ... DUP MP Carla Lockhart.
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Sinn Féin and the DUP are happier arguing over a parade than agreeing a budget

The Irish Times 08 Oct 2026
Although Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) did not deliberately engineer a Drumcree distraction, they are clearly happier arguing over a parade than confronting their failure to agree a budget.
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DUP ‘will not abdicate responsibilities’ amid Drumcree dispute

London Evening Standard 05 Oct 2026
However DUP leader Gavin Robinson said Stormont cannot be ‘business as normal ‘after alleged ‘law breaking’ by Sinn Fein ministers ... .
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Stormont cannot be 'business as normal', says DUP leader

RTE 05 Oct 2026
The DUP has said it will "not abdicate its responsibilities" in the political fallout over the Drumcree dispute. However, DUP leader ... "The question for the DUP and other unionists in the Executive is.
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Drumcree march standoff: protesters and Orange Order both vow to stay ‘as long as it takes’

The Guardian 02 Oct 2026
As members of Orange Lodge No 1 gather and residents occupy Garvaghy Road, each side speaks of grievances that go back decades and centuries ... ....
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Proposed Drumcree deal 'not acceptable', says DUP MP

RTE 01 Oct 2026
The details of the proposals are not yet clear. Mr Bryant has been trying to strike a compromise deal between the two sides of the stand-off ... However, DUP MP Carla Lockhart said the proposed deal was "not acceptable" ... She later added ... She added ... .
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Proposed deal to resolve Drumcree dispute ‘not acceptable’, says DUP MP

London Evening Standard 30 Sep 2026
Earlier, a representative of the Garvaghy Road residents said they would sign up to the deal proposed by the NI Secretary if the Orange Order did ... .
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Drumcree row is a useful smokescreen for cynical Sinn Féin and DUP

The Irish Times 30 Sep 2026
An Unsettled People ... READ MORE ... ‘We thought this was over’ ... For Sinn Féin and the DUP, it serves as a very convenient smokescreen for their attritional and dysfunctional relationship, which is gnawing away at the very foundations of powersharing ... .
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DUP says ‘no business as usual’ at Stormont amid simmering Drumcree tensions

The Irish Times 28 Sep 2026
At Stormont, there were heated exchanges in the Northern Assembly, with the DUP accusing the First Minister, Sinn Féin’s Michelle O’Neill, of breaking the law and a “total abdication of leadership”.
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The Guardian view on the Drumcree parade: ghosts from the past have brought Stormont to ...

The Guardian 28 Sep 2026
A reckless decision to authorise an Orange Order parade with a notorious history has deepened the political crisis in the Northern Ireland executive ... ....
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Absence of violence in Drumcree does not make standoff any less significant

The Guardian 28 Sep 2026
Row comes amid rising division and a tendency towards cynical political posturing in Northern Ireland ... ....
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