Protesters block Catholic area in Northern Ireland ahead of Orange Order march
The march was limited to 35 participants and no bands after judges weighed residents’ objections and the risk of renewed disorder.
- 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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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham appealed for peace on Sunday as thousands of people gathered in the small town of Portadown in Northern Ireland to block a pro-British Protestant procession from moving through the predominantly Catholic area.
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PORTADOWN, Sept 27 — UK Prime Minister Andy Burnam urged “calm” today as thousands of people gathered in a Northern Irish town seeking to halt a contentious pro-British...
For the first time since 1998, a parade of a Protestant order is allowed in the northern Irish city of Portadown. The parade may take place under strict conditions, but cannot even start. Hundreds gather for the local demonstration and block the march.
It is high tension in Portadown, Northern Ireland, where a large crowd of protesters gathered along the Garvaghy Road to protest against the march of the Orange Order, a Unionist Protestant organization back to parade after 28 years. Some protest participants hold hands forming a chain, while the people standing at the [...] The Northern Ireland article, back the tension: protests against the unionist march. Prime Minister Burnham:
After 28 years she had been allowed to go through a road with strong Catholic and Republican presence, but hundreds of protesters went across
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