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RTÉ calls it a 'limited' Drumcree march, The Independent a 'controversial' one, and Dublin is 'very concerned'

The Parades Commission will let the Orange Order walk Portadown's Garvaghy Road on Sunday for the first time since 1998. Four outlets agree on the decision. They differ on what to call it, whose voice comes first and how many years it has been.

Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade
Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade as published by The Independent · seen at The Independent
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The decision. The Parades Commission will let Portadown District of the Orange Order walk the Garvaghy Road on Sunday, 27 September. RTÉ News, TheJournal.ie, The Independent and The Irish Times all report it, and none disputes it. RTÉ News lists the conditions: no more than 35 marchers, leave Drumcree Church by 8am, disperse by 9.30am, no bands and no supporters.

Four outlets, four framings.

Outlet Headline word Leads with Gap stated
RTÉ News "limited" the permission and its conditions 28 years
The Independent "controversial" the permission "nearly 30"; 29 in a linked headline
TheJournal.ie "very concerned" the Irish government "almost 30 years"
The Irish Times "allow" residents' pledge to "mobilise" not given

Only one outlet reports the application. Only TheJournal.ie reports that the Orange Order asked for 60 marchers. The Commission allowed 35.

The reactions. Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill says there is "no reasonable or logical basis" for the decision, RTÉ News and TheJournal.ie report. The DUP's Gavin Robinson calls it a "long-overdue breakthrough", RTÉ News reports. The Irish government says it is "very concerned".

What is not settled. - Whether the march goes ahead. RTÉ News reports that residents are applying to the High Court in Belfast to overturn the decision. - Why the court quashed the Commission's previous ruling. Only The Independent gives a reason: "procedural errors". - How many people died in the 1990s. The only figure is 21. It comes from Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, quoted by TheJournal.ie. RTÉ News says only that "a number of people were killed".

What this is about. Whether members of the Orange Order may march along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, County Armagh, a mainly nationalist area.

How it got here. The Orange Order is a Protestant fraternal organisation founded in 1795. Its members are largely unionist: they want Northern Ireland to stay in the United Kingdom. Each July its Portadown lodges attend a service at Drumcree Church and walk back into town. The route back runs down the Garvaghy Road, where most residents are Catholic and nationalist, and they objected to the march passing their homes.

In the mid-1990s the dispute became a yearly stand-off. RTÉ News reports that violent clashes needed a major security operation for several summers, and that people were killed in tensions linked to the dispute. In 1998, the year of the Good Friday Agreement, a new body was given legal power to rule on contested parades: the Parades Commission. It has blocked the Garvaghy Road route every year since.

The High Court in Belfast then quashed the Commission's most recent ruling on the march. The Commission's new decision, announced on Friday, followed.

Who is involved. - The Orange Order and the DUP, the largest unionist party. They call the ban a historic wrong. - Garvaghy Road residents, through the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition. They oppose the march. - Sinn Féin, the largest nationalist party. Its deputy leader, Michelle O'Neill, is First Minister of Northern Ireland. - The Irish government. Under the Good Friday Agreement, Dublin has a formal voice on Northern Ireland matters, which is why it has responded.

What is at stake. Residents' spokesman Breandán Mac Cionnaith told RTÉ News that the decision sets a precedent for parades "right across the North", including places where local agreements were reached. For unionists, it ends a ban they never accepted.

Where it stands. The march is set for Sunday morning. RTÉ News and the Irish government both say a court challenge is likely.

What is being argued about

  • What to call the ruling: 'limited', 'controversial' or a cause for concern
  • Whose voice leads: the residents, the Irish government or the Commission's conditions
  • How long the route has been closed: 28 years, 29 or 'nearly 30'
  • The 1990s dead: one figure, given only by a politician
One decision, four framingsSide by side
OutletHeadlineWhat comes firstGap stated
RTÉ NewsOrange Order given permission for limited Drumcree marchThe permission and its conditions28 years
The IndependentCommission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree paradeThe permissionnearly 30 years; 29 in a linked headline
TheJournal.ieIrish government 'very concerned' over decision to allow Orange Order to march Garvaghy RoadThe Irish governmentalmost 30 years
The Irish TimesParades Commission to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy RoadResidents' pledge to 'mobilise'not given
Headline wording and the gap each outlet published.
Sources R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Irish government ‘very concerned’ over decision to allow Orange Order to march Garvaghy Road 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 · Parades Commission to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road 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 · The 5 at 5: Friday 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 1998 ban to Sunday's marchTimeline
  1. 1998— no time published Parades Commission Blocks the march from the Garvaghy Road, as it does every year afterRTÉ News, TheJournal.ie
  2. 2026-09-2507:54 TheJournal.ie publication time TheJournal.ie Residents say they will 'mobilise' if the parade is allowedbefore the ruling
  3. 2026-09-2513:32 RTÉ News publication time RTÉ News Permission granted with conditions 35 marchers'limited'
  4. 2026-09-2513:36 The Irish Times publication time The Irish Times Leads with the residents' pledge to 'mobilise'
  5. 2026-09-2514:20 RTÉ News publication time RTÉ News Residents 'furious' at the ruling
  6. 2026-09-2515:09 The Independent publication time The Independent Says the court quashed the earlier ruling over 'procedural errors''controversial'
  7. 2026-09-2515:55 TheJournal.ie publication time TheJournal.ie Irish government 'very concerned' 60 applied for, 35 allowed
  8. 2026-09-2708:00 departure deadline set by the Commission, reported by RTÉ News Portadown District, Orange Order March due to leave Drumcree Church and disperse by 9.30amunless a court stops it
Times are publication times in UTC.
Sources T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Banned since 1998, a fresh decision Orange Order's Drumcree parade is due today 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 → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Parades Commission to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road 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 → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Garvaghy Road residents 'furious' at commission ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Irish government ‘very concerned’ over decision to allow Orange Order to march Garvaghy Road 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

The 1990s dead: counted once, named never

Three reports bring up the violence of the 1990s to explain why the march matters. Only one gives a death toll, and it appears only inside a politician's quote. No report names anyone who was killed, and none says who did the killing.

3 reports recalling the 1990s violence 1 reports giving a death toll 0 reports naming anyone killed 0 reports naming who did the killing

Residents: heard as a threat, or heard in their own words

Two short reports open with the residents' pledge to 'mobilise'. The DUP leader's quote calls that same word 'irresponsible language'. Only one report quotes a residents' spokesman directly; the others carry the residents' view through politicians.

2 reports opening with the pledge to 'mobilise' 1 reports quoting a residents' group directly 3 reports quoting both the Sinn Féin and DUP leaders
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Irish government ‘very concerned’ over decision to allow Orange Order to march Garvaghy Road 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Garvaghy Road residents 'furious' at commission ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → T The Irish Times
Centre estimate · not a score
The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Parades Commission to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road 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 · Banned since 1998, a fresh decision Orange Order's Drumcree parade is due today 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: Friday 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 Parades Commission has allowed the Orange Order's Drumcree parade to go along the Garvaghy Road for the first time since it was blocked in 1998.
RTÉ News, TheJournal.ie, The Independent and The Irish Times each report the Commission's published decision, and none disputes it. They describe the gap differently: RTÉ says 28 years, while The Independent says 'nearly 30' and its linked headline says 29.
Checked against 5 sources:
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Irish government ‘very concerned’ over decision to allow Orange Order to march Garvaghy Road 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 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 · Parades Commission to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road 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 · The 5 at 5: Friday 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 The decision came after the High Court quashed the Commission's previous determination on the march because of procedural errors.
RTÉ News and The Independent both report that the High Court quashed the previous determination. Only The Independent says the reason was 'procedural errors', and no other report we hold gives any reason.
Checked against 2 sources:
R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → The Independent
Centre-left estimate · not a score
The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified 21 innocent people were killed during the Drumcree dispute in the 1990s.
The figure comes from Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, quoted only by TheJournal.ie. RTÉ News says only that 'a number of people were killed', and no other report we hold gives a count.
Checked against 2 sources:
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Irish government ‘very concerned’ over decision to allow Orange Order to march Garvaghy Road 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 → R RTÉ News
Centre estimate · not a score
RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 →

Who wrote it

E Emma Hickey TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named The government is named as the actor that accepted the recommendation. The parents are not mentioned×1
Actor named names the government as the one that chose×1
Asserted flat Calls the chair unpopular without attributing it×1
Figure attributed Gives the crowd size and attributes it to the protesting group×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified4 true
From 84 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 →
D Diarmuid Pepper TheJournal.ie
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Characterisation 'politically motivated' outside quotation marks; only 'broad daylight' is quoted×1
Defence line leads The headline leads with the defence barrister's words, with the phrase in quotation marks.×1
Denominator two denominators in one sentence, the flattering one last×1
Figure only in quote The only death toll in the coverage comes from a politician quoted in the report. The report does not check it or give it in its own voice.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false1 disputed1 unverified4 true
From 78 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 →
R Rebecca Black The Independent
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Measure chosen 29 years here, against 28 in the Commission's own framing×1
Violence no actor The violence is called 'clashes' and no side is named as taking part.×1
Who is named as acting clashes with no actor named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified1 true
From 9 reports we hold under this byline, at The Independent. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Dimitri O'Donnell RTÉ News
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Dead named or counted uncounted and unnamed, with no actor named×1
Dead uncounted no actor Deaths from the 1990s dispute are given no number and no one is named as doing the killing.×1
Voice direct A named residents' spokesman is quoted directly and at length.×1
Which comparison set was chosen ranks Ireland inside the 27 EU states only, with no score and no trend×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified2 true
From 11 reports we hold under this byline, at RTÉ News. 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. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · The 5 at 5: Friday 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 → —
Runs the hearing as the fifth of the day's five stories, after a Drumcree parade decision and a record number of people in emergency accommodation.
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Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/5-at-5-25-09-26-7173823-Sep2026/
T TheJournal.ie
Centre estimate · not a score
TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Irish government ‘very concerned’ over decision to allow Orange Order to march Garvaghy Road 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 → —
Leads with Dublin. The only report with the 60 marchers applied for, and the only one with a death toll: 21, from Aontú's Peadar Tóibín.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. The Parades Commission blocked the order from marching along Portadown’s Garvaghy Road in July every year since 1998. However, it today ruled that the Orange Order’s Drumcree return parade is to be permitted to proceed along the Garvaghy Road. The stand-off at Drumcree made headlines in the 1990s, with nationalist residents of the Garvaghy Road resolutely opposed to the parade passing through the area. This led to violent clashes for several summers and political tension necessitating a major security operation. However, a
Figure only in quote: The only death toll in the coverage comes from a politician quoted in the report. The report does not check it or give it in its own voice. — “21 innocent people lost their lives”
Voice by proxy: Residents' fear reaches the reader only through a politician from the Republic. No resident is quoted directly. — “Mothers are in tears, in real fear for safety of their children.”
Figure source: death toll given only in a politician's words — “21 innocent people lost their lives”
Measure chosen: only report giving the number the marchers applied for — “who proposed 60 Orange Order members take part in the procession on Sunday”
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-government-very-concerned-over-decision…
The Independent
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The Independent 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent Commission gives go-ahead for controversial Drumcree parade Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Independent → What we have measured Accused party response Russia's side is reported as no comment. ×1A company statement about itself, taken as a "reveals" rather than "says", for a company's account of its own product ×1A count stated flat four crimes is given as a settled number in the headline, with no court, charge or jurisdiction attached ×1Actor named No actor named for the cut-short or for the clashes ×1 from 20313 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report to give a reason for the court ruling: 'procedural errors'. Its headline calls the parade 'controversial'.
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Violence no actor: The violence is called 'clashes' and no side is named as taking part. — “with parades blocked there since 1998 following violent clashes”
Who is named as acting: clashes with no actor named — “with parades blocked there since 1998 following violent clashes”
Measure chosen: 29 years here, against 28 in the Commission's own framing — “for first time in 29 years”
Read it at The Independent → https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/drumcree-parade-portadown-d…
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Garvaghy Road residents 'furious' at commission ruling Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → — PUBLIC
A separate headline giving the residents' own word for their reaction: 'furious'.
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0925/1592989-garvaghy-residents-furious-ru…
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The Irish Times 🇮🇪IE · digital · Parades Commission to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road 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 → —
A single line: residents pledged to 'mobilise' if the march was approved.
Northern Ireland’s Parades Commission has granted permission for the Orange Order to march down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the first time in almost 30 years this weekend. The commission has blocked the order from marching along the mainly nationalist road on their way to Drumcree Church in July every year since 1998. On Friday, it ruled on an application for 60 Orange Order members to take part in a proposed procession on Sunday. It imposed a number of conditions, including limiting the number of participants to 35, but did not impose any restrictions on the route of the parade. READ M
Lead choice: The residents' pledge to 'mobilise' is the report's whole opening line. The decision and its conditions come after it. — “Local residents have pledged to ‘mobilise’ if Parades Commission approved march”
Lead framing: summary leads with residents' threat to mobilise, not the Commission's conditions — “Local residents have pledged to ‘mobilise’ if Parades Commission approved march”
Read it at The Irish Times → https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/09/25/parades-commission-to-all…
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RTÉ News 🇮🇪IE · digital · PUBLIC Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at RTÉ News → 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 → — PUBLIC
The fullest account: every condition, the Commission's legal basis, and a residents' spokesman quoted at length.
Orange Order given permission for limited Drumcree march Updated / Friday, 25 Sep 2026 17:38 Getty Orange Order marchers outside Drumcree Church in 2023 where their parade was stopped Dimitri O\u0027Donnell By Dimitri O'Donnell The Parades Commission of Northern Ireland has allowed the Orange Order parade at Drumcree to proceed in a limited capacity for the first time in 28 years. The five-person panel announced its written determination online, confirming that the Portadown District Orange Order branch can march along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road this Sunday. The statement said there
Dead uncounted no actor: Deaths from the 1990s dispute are given no number and no one is named as doing the killing. — “A number of people were killed during tensions in the 90s linked to the dispute.”
Voice direct: A named residents' spokesman is quoted directly and at length. — “said Breandán Mac Cionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition”
Dead named or counted: uncounted and unnamed, with no actor named — “A number of people were killed during tensions in the 90s linked to the dispute.”
Read it at RTÉ News → https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2026/0925/1592982-drumcree-parade-garvag…
T TheJournal.ie
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TheJournal.ie 🇮🇪IE · digital · Banned since 1998, a fresh decision Orange Order's Drumcree parade is due today 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 → —
Filed the morning before the ruling. It carries the same residents' pledge to 'mobilise'.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more. The Parades Commission will rule on an application for 60 Orange Order members to take part in a proposed Drumcree parade on 27 September, after it blocked the order from marching along the Garvaghy Road in July every year since 1998. The commission appointed a mediation company earlier this month to “facilitate a resolution” to the issue, after it was heavily criticised by unionist politicians last month when a High Court ruling quashed its most recent determination over the march. However, residents living on Garvaghy Ro
Read it at TheJournal.ie → https://www.thejournal.ie/drumcree-parade-decision-7173091-Sep2026/
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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 → 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
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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 →
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