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Orange Order Parade Down Drumcree’s Garvaghy Road Blocked by High Court
Justice Patricia Smyth halted the march while residents challenge the Parades Commission ruling and police prepare a major security operation.
- On Saturday, High Court judge Justice Patricia Smyth granted a temporary injunction blocking an Orange Order march scheduled for Sunday in Portadown, suspending the group's notification to the Parades Commission.
- The Parades Commission had granted permission on Friday for 35 members of the Protestant organization to walk the Garvaghy Road, a route unused for 30 years, prompting the legal challenge.
- Citing deep mistrust between residents and the Portadown Orange lodge, Smyth stated the dispute has the "potential to escalate" across Northern Ireland, requiring all parties' concerns be heard before a final decision.
- Barrister Denise Kiley KC, representing the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition, challenged the PSNI risk assessment for focusing on past data rather than future potential for disorder during the march.
- Political reactions remain divided: UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham urged leaders to "work calmly" through the weekend, while Sinn Féin leader Mary-Lou McDonald called the ruling "utterly reckless" and DUP MP Carla Lockhart said residents had "nothing to fear.
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