Garvaghy Road Residents Say They Will Accept Drumcree Deal if Orange Order Do
Residents will back a Drumcree resolution only if the Orange Order accepts it, as police and lawyers seek to end the fourth-day stand-off.
- On its fourth day, the Drumcree parading dispute saw Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant mediating separate talks between the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition and the Portadown Orange Order at Hillsborough Castle.
- The dispute reignited after the Parades Commission granted permission for an Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Road, but police blocked the route on Sunday when more than 1,000 protesters gathered.
- Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition spokesman Breandán Mac Cionnaith confirmed Wednesday that residents received a written proposal from Sir Chris, stating they will accept it if the Orange Order agrees.
- Northern Ireland police chief Jon Boutcher warned "mob rule" must not prevail while seeking peaceful resolution, as First Minister Michelle O'Neill defended her participation in the protest police described as unlawful.
- Sir Chris suggested a deal is "tantalisingly close," though he cautioned that success requires all sides to "search deep in their souls for another chunk of compromise" to end the deadlock.
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