People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll told officers, following a police interview connected to an investigation into alleged criminal offences linked to the Drumcree parading dispute in Portadown, that the right to protest peacefully is a fundamental one. Invoking his entitlement to peaceful protest and free expression, Carroll took part in demonstrations on the Garvaghy Road earlier this month and maintains that no criminal wrongdoing occurred on his part.
Aontú has put forward Aiden Carlin, a solicitor with a noted public profile, as its candidate for an Assembly seat covering north Belfast. A candidacy in the Castle district electoral area of Belfast City Council's local elections forms part of his broader campaign plans. Over 25 years of practice, appearances before both the Oireachtas and the UK Supreme Court have featured among the professional milestones accumulated on behalf of clients.
Investigators are looking into whether a Sunday celebration held in Dunloy — organised around the local camogie club's first county championship win in more than two decades — breached the Public Processions Act during that timeframe. Six unnotified processions, each treated as a separate matter, are now the subject of a formal police inquiry.
Aisling Reilly, a junior minister at Stormont, has confirmed she will not seek another term at the assembly, pointing to health concerns connected to her earlier sporting career as the reason behind her departure. The Sinn Féin MLA and GAA coach said she expects to undergo a hip procedure within the next few months and will require a period of rest and recovery.
Fontaines DC vocalist Grian Chatten described the Dublin band's fifth album, Dopamine Chamber — the follow-up to 2024's Romance — as an attempt to condense pleasure into something immediately accessible.
Rick Witter, the lead vocalist of Shed Seven, spoke about the indie group's trajectory through the 2000s and beyond, along with a forthcoming appearance in Belfast. A late scheduling change at the King's Hall in Belfast during March 1997 saw Space step away from their opening slot on The Beautiful South's bill, with Shed Seven — the indie rock outfit from York — brought in to fill the vacancy.
For Crossmaglen's Stephen Morris, a place in the Armagh senior county final will mark the eighth time he has lined out at that stage of the championship. Across a span of 19 seasons stretching from 1997 through 2015, the Rangers accumulated 18 championship titles — a haul that left just one of those campaigns without a trophy.
Morris noted that every club in Armagh now poses a real threat, while Killeavy — guided by Stevie McDonnell — head into the next round with their championship record intact, having come through the group stage undefeated across two victories and a draw before eliminating Carrickcruppen and Dromintee in the knockout rounds.
