# ‘Trauma still there’: A decades-old standoff returns to Northern Ireland

https://mins.news/en/item/84446

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-03 06:51 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/3/trauma-still-there-a-decades-old-standoff-returns-to-northern-ireland?traffic_source=rss

> Catholic residents in Portadown have blocked Garvaghy Road in opposition to a renewed attempt by the Protestant Orange Order to march through the neighbourhood. Families who lived through the Troubles and the Drumcree dispute fear the unresolved legacy, including deaths linked to the standoff, could affect another generation and unsettle a fragile peace.

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