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Irish Times says a Drumcree deal is 'tantalisingly close'; TheJournal.ie leads on a police investigation into the Garvaghy Road protest

Two Irish outlets use two names for one dispute in Portadown. One leads on a deal. The other leads on a criminal investigation into the protest, and says the DUP accuses First Minister Michelle O'Neill of breaking the law.

PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest
PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest as published by TheJournal.ie · seen at TheJournal.ie
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The dispute. Protesters have blocked Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Co Armagh, since Sunday. They oppose a planned Orange Order march, TheJournal.ie reports.

Where the outlets agree. The Irish Times and TheJournal.ie both report that the PSNI has opened a "large-scale criminal investigation" into the protest. TheJournal.ie attributes this to the chief constable.

Where they differ.

The Irish Times TheJournal.ie
Name in headline "Drumcree standoff" "Garvaghy Road protest", "stand-off"
Leads with NI secretary: deal "tantalisingly close" the police investigation
Names who attended the protest not in the part we hold Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin

The political charge. TheJournal.ie says the DUP accuses O'Neill of breaking the law. It says this could threaten power-sharing at Stormont. It also says the legal case is "not so clear-cut".

A disputed crowd. TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell admitted that his image of a huge crowd at his rally was made with AI, TheJournal.ie reports. He puts the crowd at about 500. TheJournal.ie says the Belfast Telegraph and the Irish News reported 200. It could not confirm either figure.

What is not settled. - Whether a deal exists. Only The Irish Times reports that one is close, and we hold only its summary. - Who the investigation covers. No report we hold says whether anyone on the march side is being examined. - Whether O'Neill broke any law.

This story is about a parade dispute in Portadown, Northern Ireland. It has turned into a fight over policing, the law and the power-sharing government at Stormont.

How it got here. The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation that holds marches across Northern Ireland. Since the mid-1990s, its march from Drumcree church back into Portadown has been the most bitter of those disputes. The route runs along Garvaghy Road, a mainly Catholic and nationalist area, and residents objected to the march passing through. Stand-offs in the late 1990s brought violence across Northern Ireland. The Parades Commission, set up in 1998 to rule on contested parades, has kept the march off the road for most of the years since. The name a report uses points to a side. Unionists usually say Drumcree, after the church. Nationalists usually say Garvaghy Road, after the residents' road.

This year the march was allowed. TheJournal.ie says permission came from "a confluence of decisions" by the Orange Order, the PSNI, the Parades Commission and the High Court. Protesters have blocked the road since Sunday.

The actors. The Orange Order wants to walk the route. Garvaghy Road residents and their supporters oppose it. The PSNI polices the road and has now opened a criminal investigation into the protest. Under the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, Northern Ireland is governed by an Executive that the largest nationalist and unionist parties must share. Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin is First Minister. The DUP is the largest unionist party. The Northern Ireland Secretary is the UK government's minister for Northern Ireland.

What is at stake. If either side walks out of the Executive, Stormont stops working, as it has several times before. TheJournal.ie says the DUP's charge against O'Neill could put power-sharing under threat.

Where it stands. The Irish Times reports the Northern Ireland Secretary saying a deal is close. It also reports that the PSNI has offered to meet both the Orange Order and the residents.

What is being argued about

  • Two names for one dispute: 'Drumcree' and 'Garvaghy Road'
  • The PSNI's criminal investigation into the protest
  • The DUP's claim that Michelle O'Neill broke the law
  • An AI-made crowd image and a disputed crowd count
One dispute, two names, two lead storiesSide by side
OutletName used in headlineLeads withNames who attended the protest?
The Irish TimesDrumcree standoffNI secretary: deal 'tantalisingly close'Not in the summary we hold
TheJournal.ieGarvaghy Road protestPSNI 'large-scale criminal investigation'Yes: McDonald and O'Neill of Sinn Féin
TheJournal.ieGarvaghy Road stand-offAI images and false claims onlineSays TDs attended; Paul Murphy pictured on the road
TheJournal.ieDrumcreeExplainer: why the dispute is backNo
We hold only the summary of The Irish Times report, not its full text.
Sources T The Irish Times
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → 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 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Why is Drumcree back in the headlines? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
How big was the rally beside Garvaghy Road?Chart
TheJournal.ie says it could not confirm either figure.
Sources T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
From the blockade to Wednesday's reportsTimeline
  1. 2026-09-27— no time published Protesters Begin blocking Garvaghy Road, TheJournal.ie reports
  2. 2026-09-29— no time published Ron McDowell, TUV Speaks at a rally beside Garvaghy Road in support of the Orange Order 200 or about 500crowd estimates differ
  3. 2026-09-3012:36 TheJournal.ie TheJournal.ie PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest
  4. 2026-09-3012:58 TheJournal.ie TheJournal.ie Why is Drumcree back in the headlines?
  5. 2026-09-3013:59 The Irish Times Northern Ireland Secretary, via The Irish Times Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is 'tantalisingly close'
  6. 2026-09-3016:21 TheJournal.ie TheJournal.ie McDowell admits his crowd image was made with AI
Times are UTC, as published.
Sources T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Why is Drumcree back in the headlines? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → 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 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Two names for one dispute

Headlines are split evenly between 'Drumcree' and 'Garvaghy Road'. Only one report leads on a deal being close. The others lead on the police investigation or on false claims online.

2 headlines that say Drumcree 2 headlines that say Garvaghy Road 1 reports that lead on a deal

Who the police are investigating

Four reports say the criminal investigation is into the protest against the march. None says whether anyone on the march side is being examined. One report names the politicians who attended the protest but names none of the residents.

4 reports placing the investigation on the protest 0 reports saying anything about the march side 2 reports naming politicians at the protest
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → 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 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Why is Drumcree back in the headlines? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true The PSNI has opened a large-scale criminal investigation into the protest against the Orange Order march on the Garvaghy Road.
The Irish Times and TheJournal.ie both report it, and TheJournal.ie attributes it to Northern Ireland's chief constable. None of the reports we hold contradicts it.
Checked against 4 sources:
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → 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 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified A deal to resolve the Drumcree standoff is 'tantalisingly close', according to the Northern Ireland Secretary.
Only The Irish Times carries this, in its headline, and we hold its summary rather than the full text. None of the TheJournal.ie reports mentions a deal being close.
Checked against 1 source:
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → 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 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed About 500 people attended the rally near Garvaghy Road where TUV deputy leader Ron McDowell spoke.
TheJournal.ie reports that McDowell put the crowd at about 500 after admitting that his image of a huge crowd was made with AI. It says the Belfast Telegraph and the Irish News reported estimates of 200, and that it could not confirm either figure.
Checked against 1 source:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

S Shane Raymond TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Attribution Attributes the law-breaking charge to the DUP rather than stating it flat.×1
Figure hedged Gives two crowd estimates, credits each to the paper that published it, and says it could not confirm them.×1
Figure verification The crowd numbers are attributed to their sources and flagged as unverified.×1
Hedge Says outright that the legal question is open.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 true
From 15 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Andrew Walsh TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named and framed The model is named as OpenAI's and called 'rogue'. The breach is placed 'during training', a detail that suggests an accident, and the reach is again a single website.×1
Characterisation calls the Israeli FA's criticism a 'personal attack' in its own voice×1
Characterised in the outlet's own voice calls the FA's statement a 'personal attack' without attributing the phrase×1
Hedge Hedged: the cost 'may' reach shoppers.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
7 unverified4 true
From 161 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
F Freya McClements The Irish Times
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named Names the residents as the ones who blocked the road×1
Attribution kept Keeps the word 'mobs' and its claimed effect inside the speaker's mouth×1
Both sides quoted the loyalist side and the residents both speak after the hearing×1
Headline framing The headline stresses how unusual the arrangement was.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed2 unverified5 true
From 24 reports we hold under this byline, at The Irish Times. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D David MacRedmond TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline choice the phrase reprinted in the headline, criticism attached without an accuser×1
Headline frame The headline leads with what the deal gave the Orange Order. The condition that the march would not happen comes only in the body.×1
Naming of event This report names the event after the nationalist residents' road and calls it a protest. It names only Sinn Féin attendees.×1
Stated flat States the condition attached to the deal as fact, with no source named.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified3 true
From 77 reports we hold under this byline, at TheJournal.ie. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 1 report we hold carries no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · AI images and misinformation shared widely online during Garvaghy Road stand-off Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Reports the DUP's charge against O'Neill and says the legal case is unclear. Reports that a TUV councillor admitted an AI-made crowd image, and that crowd estimates run from 200 to about 500.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. ONGOING TENSIONS OVER a proposed Orange Order march in Portadown, Co Armagh, have led to misinformation online. This includes claims by fringe commentators that the march was a purposeful tactic to stop people talking about immigration. Protesters have blocked Garvaghy Road since Sunday, which has led to the DUP accusing Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill of breaking the law, potentially putting the Stormont power-sharing arrangement under threat. The PSNI announced today that they had opened a criminal inves
Attribution: Attributes the law-breaking charge to the DUP rather than stating it flat. — “which has led to the DUP accusing Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill of breaking the law”
Hedge: Says outright that the legal question is open. — “though whether the law would side against O’Neill is not so clear-cut”
Figure hedged: Gives two crowd estimates, credits each to the paper that published it, and says it could not confirm them. — “both the Belfast Telegraph and the Irish News reported estimates of a crowd of 200, though we are unable to independently confirm these figures”
Hedged legal claim: The DUP's accusation is attributed to the DUP, and whether the law was broken is explicitly left open. — “though whether the law would side against O’Neill is not so clear-cut”
Figure verification: The crowd numbers are attributed to their sources and flagged as unverified. — “though we are unable to independently confirm these figures”
Status of march: The march is described as proposed. — “a proposed Orange Order march”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/misinfo-roundup-drumcree-march-factcheck-debu…
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Wednesday Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Attributes the criminal investigation to Northern Ireland's chief constable and calls the march "planned".
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. 1. #GARVAGHY ROAD: Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said the PSNI is carrying out a criminal investigation into the protests against the planned Orange Order march on the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. 2. #SPORTS COMMITTEE: Executives from the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have appeared before an Oireachtas committee this afternoon, amid the ongoing fallout over the Republic of Ireland’s controversial Nations League games against Israel. 3. #EMERGENCY LANDING: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said t
Who is investigated: Says the investigation targets the protests against the march. It says nothing about the march side. — “Northern Ireland’s chief constable has said the PSNI is carrying out a criminal investigation into the protests against the planned Orange Order march”
Status of march: The march is described as planned, a firmer word than proposed. — “the planned Orange Order march”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-wednesday-214-7178272-Sep2026/
T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Irish Times → 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 from 1358 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
The only report we hold that says a deal is close, quoting the Northern Ireland Secretary. It adds that the PSNI offered to meet the Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road residents.
A deal to resolve the Drumcree stand-off is “tantalisingly close”, UK secretary of state for Northern Ireland Chris Bryant has said, following further talks on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters outside Hillsborough Castle after meeting the Orange Order and with the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition, Bryant said those involved were “still engaged in warm conversations” and “have not got to the end of this process yet”. “Everybody is being very frank with each other and open and honest, and I think that is the best way for us to try and get to a successful resolution,” he said. “As everybody, not
Naming: The headline calls it the 'Drumcree standoff' and leads on a possible deal. — “Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary”
Naming of event: This report names the event after the loyalist march route and calls it a standoff. — “Deal to resolve Drumcree standoff is ‘tantalisingly close’, says NI secretary after talks over march”
Read it at The Irish Times → https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/30/psni-chief-confirms-large…
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Why is Drumcree back in the headlines? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
How did Drumcree become one of Northern Ireland’s most contentious flashpoints, why has the dispute returned now, and how might the current standoff end? Our reporter Diarmuid Pepper joins us
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · PSNI opens 'large-scale criminal investigation' into Garvaghy Road protest Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at TheJournal.ie → 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 from 2218 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Names Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill as having attended the protest.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. The protest, which has been blocking the Orange Order from marching since Sunday, has been attended by Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill. Boutcher also said: “People shouting at me has absolutely no effect on my judgment and they would do well to learn that.” Boutcher said he would meet with the Orange Order as well as the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition and is also meeting with political parties. “Over the last number of days the Police Service of Northern Ireland has once again become the shock a
Whose presence is named: Names only two Sinn Féin leaders who attended. It names no residents' group and no Orange Order figure. — “The protest has been attended by Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill.”
Naming of event: This report names the event after the nationalist residents' road and calls it a protest. It names only Sinn Féin attendees. — “The protest has been attended by Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill.”
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RNZ 🇳🇿NZ · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Headline against body headline claims a 20-year decline reversed; the first line of the body reports a new low in reading ×1Headline against body headline claims a turnaround; the text carries a record low and puts it on boys ×1 from 2328 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 from 2361 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → ABC News (Australia)
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ABC News (Australia) 🇦🇺AU · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor label and hedge The same man is called 'far-right' and named by his legal name. The act is hedged with 'allegedly', where the longer report states it flat. ×1A different count, stated flat one dead and 140 missing, unattributed, earliest of the four ×1Affected counted The only report to count the local people affected ×1Are the dead named one of the dead named, through a relative at the hospital ×1 from 4667 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Guardian
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The Guardian 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actor named Denial in the passive voice, with no one named as the person who dismissed it ×1Actor named names Israel as acting and states the death toll flat, with no source ×1Actor named Ireland named as the side that ended the conference ×1Allegation omitted the police statement is cut with an ellipsis where the other two reports carry the controlling or coercive behaviour allegation ×1 from 10552 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → C CBC News
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CBC News 🇨🇦CA · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed the measure is attributed to the three governments; the territory is called occupied in the outlet's own voice ×1Attribution kept in the headline the sourcing travels with the claim into the headline ×1Figure rounded in the headline more than 600 in the headline; the body sources it to a flight-tracking site ×1How the sourcing is hedged the claim is hedged to an unnamed newspaper in both headline and body; the reporting is not held by this report ×1 from 2730 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
BBC News
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BBC News 🇬🇧UK · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Dating and attribution 'It was not until Tuesday' is a judgement about delay, not a date. No other report we hold comments on how long the German finding took. ×1How hard the claim is stated Headline says the UN voted to adopt and replace; the last sentence of the report says the vote is non-binding ×1How hard the claim is stated The qualification arrives in the last sentence and is immediately overridden by an effect the report gives no source for. ×1Which figure is used States the replacement as done — the Assembly voted to replace the map — where the resolution urges states to use a different projection. ×1 from 473 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Daily Telegraph
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The Daily Telegraph 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Times 🇬🇧UK · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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