Orange Order in fresh Drumcree parade bid as Commission upholds ban on Garvaghy Road route

Court hearing into Garvaghy Road Orange ban 'enormously significant' says Jamie Bryson

Jamie Bryson has said that a court hearing into the Parades Commission’s refusal to allow Orangemen to march down the Garvaghy Road is of “enormous” significance.

Orange Order in fresh Drumcree parade bid as Commission upholds ban on Garvaghy Road route

The Orange Order has submitted a fresh application for a second march along Portadown’s mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road this weekend. The application, lodged with the Parades Commission, seeks permission for a small early‑morning procession of 10 Orangemen on Sunday, separate from the main Drumcree parade later that day. The proposed walk is being styled by organisers as the “Drumcree Civil and Religious Liberty Memorial Walk”. It would see par…