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Proof: Orange Order Drumcree parade banned by NI Secretary

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-09T21:42:50Z","headline":"Orange Order Drumcree parade banned by NI Secretary","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"rte","url":"https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1009/1594782-drumcree-parade/","v":1}

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SHA-256
1392cf303aaeec77e866f2a78471bfe85620fe44867ec8a436aed06e9838a4ef

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 970685, mined 2026-10-09 22:23 UTC.

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  1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-1392cf303aae.json prints 1392cf303aaeec77e866f2a78471bfe85620fe44867ec8a436aed06e9838a4ef. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
  2. Drop headline-1392cf303aae.json and headline-1392cf303aae.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-1392cf303aae.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.