Northern Ireland secretary says he will ban Drumcree parade
Bryant said a major police intervention would have been needed, with the PSNI warning of serious injury, disorder and wider unrest.
- On Friday, Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant overturned a permit for an Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road, citing police advice that the march posed "an unacceptable risk of serious injury, disorder and a wider contagion effect."
- Last month, the Parades Commission allowed the Orange Order to march the Garvaghy Road for the first time since the route's 1998 ban, reopening a long-standing dispute in the mainly Protestant town of Portadown.
- Thousands of residents blocked the parade during a two-week standoff, with police maintaining 1.5 kilometres separation between protesters and Orange Order members on the Garvaghy Road.
- A lawyer for Orange Order member Alan Hynes announced plans to challenge the decision in court Saturday, while Sinn Fein welcomed the outcome and the Democratic Unionist Party criticized it as "direct result of Republican agitation."
- Bryant called for all protests and rallies to be stood down, warning there was no excuse for continued escalation in a region still marked by tensions rooted in decades of conflict known as the "Troubles.
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UK government blocks Northern Ireland march after standoff fueled sectarian tensions – WTOP News
LONDON (AP) — The British government has blocked a contentious march from taking place in Northern Ireland after a two-week standoff between groups that support the region’s continued union with the United Kingdom and those who favor reunification with the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Bryant intervened Friday night to ban...
The agency had initially authorized to march down Garvaghy Street for the first time in almost three decades, which has triggered strong altercations in the area during the last two weeks
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Rother Radio - Rotherham & Sheffield's Best Variety of Hits!NI Secretary Sir Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade
The parade had led to a two-week stand-off in Portadown.
The UK's Northern Ireland minister on Friday banned a controversial Protestant march through the predominantly Irish nationalist and Catholic area, ending nearly two weeks of clashes.
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