Irish Times calls Drumcree a stalemate; Ahern tells RTÉ the Parades Commission ruled 'far too tight'
The Garvaghy Road parade dispute is in its third day. The Irish Times says hundreds stayed on the road overnight to block a march. Two other Dublin outlets lead on former taoiseach Bertie Ahern, who blames the timing of the Commission's decision. None of the four reports quotes the residents, the Orange Order or the Commission.
Three framings, one day. We hold four reports from three Dublin outlets, all published on 29 September.
| Outlet | Leads with | Whose voice |
|---|---|---|
| The Irish Times | A "stalemate". Hundreds on Garvaghy Road overnight "to block any Orange Order march". More talks planned by Bryant | No one, in what we hold |
| RTÉ News | Ahern: the decision came "far too tight to the deadline" | Ahern |
| TheJournal.ie | Ahern: the Orange Order took its amended application to the "wrong place" | Ahern only |
| TheJournal.ie | "Could Stormont collapse?" | No one, in what we hold |
What Ahern says, according to TheJournal.ie. The Commission ruled on Friday night. A court case followed on Saturday. Then came an appeal, and "the main court of the land" decided "at 2.30am, hours before the parade". He wants a mediator. He says the First Minister and deputy First Minister should meet, or "it will affect the institutions".
Who is heard. 2 of 4 reports quote Ahern. None of the 4 quotes a resident, the Orange Order or the Commission. The Irish Times names the residents as the ones blocking the march. The Orange Order appears only as what is being blocked.
What is not settled. - Who Bryant is, and what talks are planned. The Irish Times headline gives only the surname. - The 2.30am ruling rests on Ahern's word alone. - How big the crowd is: "hundreds", with no figure. - Whether Stormont is at risk. TheJournal.ie asks the question, and no report we hold gives a source for the risk. - Three of the four reports reached us as a single line.
What this is about. Residents of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, County Armagh, do not want an Orange Order parade to pass through their area. The dispute over it has reopened after years in which it was thought to be over.
How it got here. The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation whose members march each year, many of them in July. Its Portadown members walk to Drumcree parish church and have sought to return along the Garvaghy Road, a mainly Catholic, nationalist district. In the mid-1990s that route back produced standoffs between marchers, residents and police. Speaking to RTÉ, Ahern recalled the "terrible '95, '96, '97 marches" and the "turmoil across Northern Ireland" that followed.
Two things changed in 1998. Parliament in London put the Parades Commission into law. It is an independent body that decides whether a contested parade may take a route, and on what terms. The same year, the Good Friday Agreement set up a power-sharing government at Stormont. TheJournal.ie reports that the Commission has barred the Garvaghy Road route every July since 1998. Ahern says the Orange Order has kept applying "every week".
The actors. The Orange Order wants the route back. Ahern says the Garvaghy Road residents have not changed their position. The Commission rules on the parade, and the courts can review its rulings. Ahern was taoiseach, the Irish head of government, from 1997 to 2008. He helped negotiate the 1998 agreement, which the Irish government co-guarantees.
What is at stake. Stormont is led jointly by a First Minister and a deputy First Minister, one from each community. Neither can hold office without the other. So a dispute that splits unionists and nationalists lands on the government itself.
Where it stands. TheJournal.ie reports that the High Court in Belfast quashed the Commission's last ruling on the march. The dispute is in its third day, and The Irish Times reports that more talks are planned.
What is being argued about
- Whether the Parades Commission left its decision too late
- Whether the Orange Order took its compromise to the wrong body
- Who is blocking whom on Garvaghy Road
- Whether the dispute threatens power-sharing at Stormont
Claims and verdicts
Bertie Ahern has weighed in on the Drumcree dispute
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What we have measured
Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1
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Bertie Ahern has weighed in on the Drumcree dispute
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What we have measured
Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1
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RTÉ News
Ahern questions logic over Commission's Drumcree decision
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What we have measured
Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1
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Drumcree stalemate continues with Bryant planning more talks
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What we have measured
Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1
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Who wrote it
Coverage, outlet by outlet
Bertie Ahern has weighed in on the Drumcree dispute
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What we have measured
Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1
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Drumcree: How might the crisis be solved? Could Stormont collapse?
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What we have measured
Accuracy of attribution The report calls the Tánaiste the Taoiseach partway through. That puts his words under another office. ×1Accusation carried without a reply a charge against a named party, no answer from it in the text held ×1Actor labelling calls the accusers 'opposition parties' when the named accuser is the deputy First Minister ×1Actor mislabelled The first line calls the accusers 'opposition parties', but the accuser quoted is the DUP deputy First Minister, who sits in the same executive ×1
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Ahern questions logic over Commission's Drumcree decision
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What we have measured
Abstraction as the actor the dispute acts and no one in it is named ×1Account taken as default the police description of the crowd as 'hostile' is carried with no other account ×1Accuracy the Slovenia entry in the country list repeats Austria's name ×1Active voice offender Donaldson is named as the one who did the abuse, in the active voice. ×1
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Drumcree stalemate continues with Bryant planning more talks
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What we have measured
Actor framing The release is framed as a joint agreement, with no pressure mentioned ×1Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road ×1Actor named killers named as 'loyalist gunmen'; verb 'shot dead' ×1With no actor named construction no actor named for the theft or the driving in the standfirst ×1
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