# Sinn Féin faces police probe as Northern Ireland protest tensions persist

https://mins.news/en/item/92543

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-09 03:47 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/9/northern-irelands-sinn-fein-faces-police-probe-as-protest-tensions-fester?traffic_source=rss

> Northern Irish police have contacted Sinn Féin representatives over a protest that blocked an Orange Order march through a Catholic area. The Democratic Unionist Party has called for participating Sinn Féin lawmakers to be prosecuted, and the standoff has become a political crisis affecting Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government.

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