Northern Ireland allows contentious Orange Order march through Catholic area
The order may send only 35 marchers, with no bands or supporters, after a court challenge overturned the commission’s earlier block.
- Northern Ireland’s Parades Commission has approved an Orange Order march through Garvaghy Road in Portadown, a mainly Catholic area, for the first time since the route was banned in 1998.
- The march is part of the annual Drumcree parade and has long been one of Northern Ireland’s most contentious Protestant processions.
- The commission approved a reduced procession of 35 people for Sunday morning and imposed conditions on its size, timing and music.
- The Garvaghy Road dispute became a major flashpoint during the Troubles, with repeated unrest surrounding attempts to hold the march through the area.
- Residents have opposed the decision and launched a legal challenge, with the High Court expected to consider the case before the planned march.
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In Northern Ireland, a controversial Orange March is allowed to pass through a Catholic neighborhood for the first time in 28 years. The so-called Parade Commission has granted permission for this after a judge overturned an earlier ban. Since 1998, the annual Protestant Drumcree Parade has been banned from the Catholic neighborhood in the town of Portadown. The city is predominantly Protestant, but also has a Catholic neighborhood on Garvaghy …
Drumcree: Orange Order to march Garvaghy road again after 28 years
The Parades Commission has given go ahead for Drumcree Orange march down the Garvaghy Road - but with stringent conditions. Permission has been granted for no more than 35 people, including five named marshals, to take part in the parade, which will depart Drumcree Church at 8am on Sunday September 27. Nationalists are outraged by the decision; unionists have welcomed it. Ciarán Dunbar is joined by the Belfast Telegraph’s security correspondent,…
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