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Proof: NI Secretary appeals for calm amid Drumcree stand-off

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-27T23:12:56Z","headline":"NI Secretary appeals for calm amid Drumcree stand-off","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rte","url":"https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2026/0928/1593137-ulster-drumcree-march/","v":1}

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SHA-256

2c4b22a67230d9a6f246cd1d154366d78c2e0784a074b4ba3a54c935bb1e1841

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 968902, mined 2026-09-27 23:24 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-09-27 23:17 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-09-27 23:17 UTC — view the capture.

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-2c4b22a67230.json prints 2c4b22a67230d9a6f246cd1d154366d78c2e0784a074b4ba3a54c935bb1e1841. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-2c4b22a67230.json and headline-2c4b22a67230.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-2c4b22a67230.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.