N.Irish Court Hears Challenge to Disputed Orangemen Parade
Residents say the commission misread police advice and the court erred in refusing review of a march blocked by protests from 35 Orangemen.
- On Monday, Garvaghy Road residents returned to the Court of Appeal in Belfast to challenge the Parades Commission's decision permitting a contentious Orange Order march in Portadown.
- The standoff has entered its ninth day following the Parades Commission's authorization of the first march along Garvaghy Road in 28 years, prompting mass protests by residents.
- Lawyer Denise Kiley argued the commission "materially misdirected itself" on police assessments of disorder, claiming commissioners reached an "irrational conclusion" when permitting the parade.
- Negotiations facilitated by Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant ended without agreement last week, while police warned that anyone blocking the road faces "criminal justice consequences."
- PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher has refused to facilitate the march through a "hostile" crowd, citing potential "catastrophic consequences" for Northern Ireland as residents maintain their protest.
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N.Irish court hears challenge to disputed Orangemen parade
The case returned to Belfast's Court of Appeal after UK government-led talks ended last week without agreement and rival gatherings in Portadown at the weekend passed without major incident. The residents from Portadown, southwest of Belfast, are challenging the refusal to allow a judicial review of a decision permitting 35 Orangemen to walk along the mostly Irish nationalist enclave of Garvaghy Road in the town. Their application argues that th…
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