Sinn Fein Set to Press Parades Commission over Drumcree March Fears

Drumcree Parade: SF urge Orange Order ‘not to reopen old wounds’ as DUP MP accuses party of ‘living in the 1990s’

A Sinn Fein MLA has called on Portadown District No 1 to “stop what they are doing” and “not to reopen old wounds” in relation to Drumcree as the Parades Commission prepares to make a decision on Sunday’s proposed procession along the Garvaghy Road. Upper Bann Assemblyman John O’Dowd was speaking on the floor on the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday after a joint statement from residents’ groups warned that Drumcree had the potential to see ot…

Sinn Fein set to press Parades Commission over Drumcree march fears

Sinn Fein and the DUP have clashed over whether the parade should be allowed along the Garvaghy Road for the first time in more than 30 years.

Drumcree: Nationalist residents groups warn some parading settlements 'could unravel'

The Orange Order has applied to march on Sunday.

'Drumcree decision must be based on law - not veto by 11 residents groups'

Unionists have insisted that any decision on a fresh Drumcree parade must be made objectively using the law - and not on the basis of pressure from other residents groups across NI.