N.Irish Court Hears Challenge to Disputed Orangemen Parade

What happens next? Judges hear new bid to block Drumcree march

NORTHERN Ireland’s Parades Commission failed to “properly weigh” what police told it about the potential for disorder if the Drumcree parade was given the go-ahead, Court of Appeal judges have been told

N.Irish court hears challenge to disputed Orangemen parade

The case returned to Belfast's Court of Appeal after UK government-led talks ended last week without agreement and rival gatherings in Portadown at the weekend passed without major incident. The residents from Portadown, southwest of Belfast, are challenging the refusal to allow a judicial review of a decision permitting 35 Orangemen to walk along the mostly Irish nationalist enclave of Garvaghy Road in the town. Their application argues that th…

Parades Commission ‘reached irrational conclusion’ in permitting Drumcree march

A barrister for the Garvaghy Road residents is challenging the decision in Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal.

Court of Appeal to hear residents’ parade challenge over Drumcree dispute

Drumcree dispute back before court in fresh bid to stop Orange Order parade

The weekend saw shows of support on both sides of the dispute – with a gathering in the loyalist Edgarstown Estate as well as a large-scale political rally on the Garvaghy Road on Saturday.

Drumcree dispute back in the courts in fresh bid to stop Orange Order parade

The Drumcree parade dispute returns to the courts on Monday as residents launch a new appeal in a bid to ban an Orange Order march.