Proposed Deal to Resolve Drumcree Dispute ‘Not Acceptable’, Says DUP MP

Northern Ireland Secretary to return to region for further talks on Drumcree dispute

Talks to restart in wake of DUP rejecting proposal to end stand off

Drumcree plan ‘already ruled out’ as details of Hillsborough compromise leaked to Nolan Show

An outline proposal to end the Drumcree deadlock – said to involve Garvaghy Road residents recognising the Orange Order’s legal right to march but the Order voluntarily not walking the route – has already been rejected by key unionist figures, according to claims aired on BBC Radio Ulster’s Nolan Show. On Thursday morning, presenter Stephen Nolan reported being briefed by what he described as a “senior source” on the shape of a document put to b…

Proposed deal to resolve Drumcree dispute ‘not acceptable’, says DUP MP

Earlier, a representative of the Garvaghy Road residents said they would sign up to the deal proposed by the NI Secretary if the Orange Order did.

Drumcree resolution document 'not acceptable', says DUP MP

The comments from Carla Lockhart came as the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition (GRRC) held out the prospect of an arrangement to resolve the dispute.

'There’ll be no capitulation on the part of the Portadown district': Proposed deal to resolve Drumcree dispute ‘not acceptable’, says DUP MP

A proposed deal to resolve the Drumcree parading dispute is “not acceptable”, a DUP MP has said.