Orange Order Given Permission for Limited Drumcree March
- On Friday, Northern Ireland's Parades Commission permitted the Protestant Orange Order to march along Portadown's Garvaghy Road on Sunday, the first authorized passage through the Catholic enclave since the route was banned in 1998.
- Annual attempts to march through the area triggered unrest during the "Troubles," prompting authorities to ban the route in 1998, the same year the Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of violence.
- Following a High Court ruling earlier this year that identified procedural errors, the Commission imposed strict conditions limiting the procession to 35 participants at 8 a.m. with no bands or supporters.
- Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill "strongly condemns" the decision, calling the march "steeped in a history of hate, sectarian violence and murder," while residents vowed to "mobilise" and "come together" against the procession.
- Leading academic Professor Brendan O'Leary warned the Parades Commission that the dispute "could reignite the troubles," as nationalists across Ireland pledged full support to the Garvaghy Road community in the period ahead.
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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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