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Protesters disperse after blocking contentious Northern Ireland parade
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- Sep 28, 2026, 2:18 AM UTC
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Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government.
More on Wikipedia ↗Protesters who blockaded a road in a town in Northern Ireland to stop a contentious parade have mostly dispersed after being told by a community leader that a fresh process to address the dispute was ...
Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, who returned from the Labour Party conference for talks, urged both sides of the dispute to "double down on compromise".
Tensions remained high in Northern Ireland on Monday after police prevented an early morning attempt by the Orange Order to make a controversial parade down a road that had previously been blocked by protesters.