👤 Shane Harrison

2 articles tracked

About this journalist

Articles
2
2026-09-27 – 2026-09-27
Claims per article
24
49 extracted in total
Hedged claims
6%
corpus average 9%
Typical length
4,194
characters
Writes for The Guardian.
Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty (“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is not a fault: it is often careful sourcing. How these are measured.

What they cover

Politics
100%
Most-tagged topics
Northern IrelandDUPIrishNorthern Ireland’sParades CommissionProtestantSinn Féinthe Orange Order

Leaning

Not enough articles to place this byline.
1 scored article; a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned. Their outlet averages -0.28 (leans left).

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Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
2026-09-27 · The Guardian · Politics
Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace
10 outlets covered this event · leans left
2026-09-27 · The Guardian · Politics
Tense standoff over loyalist march in Portadown as protesters block route
10 outlets covered this event

What they said would happen

2026-09-27 · World news | The Guardian
Tense standoff over loyalist march in Portadown as protesters block route
🔮 It led to a weekend of intense legal wrangling which concluded at 2.15am on Sunday when the court of appeal said it could not interfere with the commission’s decision. assertive
2026-09-27 · World news | The Guardian
Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace
🔮 But that ruling, which was described by Siobhan Keegan, Northern Ireland’s lady chief justice, as “unfortunately” an error in law, was in turn appealed against and led to the high court in the early hours of Sunday morning ruling the initial Parades Commission decision to allow the march to take place had to be respected. But the ruling has not gone down well with residents, their supporters and political leaders who blocked any march by 35 Orangemen, saying that after 28 years there could be no return to the past. Northern Ireland now is, however, very different from three decades ago. There is no longer a unionist majority; indeed the first minister, Michelle O’Neill, is from Sinn Féin. assertive
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