Protesters block Catholic area in Northern Ireland ahead of Orange Order march
The ruling allows 35 Orange Order marchers to use the route under strict conditions after a late-night appeal.
- Northern Ireland’s Parades Commission has approved an Orange Order march through Garvaghy Road in Portadown, a mainly Catholic area, for the first time since the route was banned in 1998.
- The march is part of the annual Drumcree parade and has long been one of Northern Ireland’s most contentious Protestant processions.
- The commission approved a reduced procession of 35 people for Sunday morning and imposed conditions on its size, timing and music.
- The Garvaghy Road dispute became a major flashpoint during the Troubles, with repeated unrest surrounding attempts to hold the march through the area.
- Residents have opposed the decision and launched a legal challenge, with the High Court expected to consider the case before the planned march.
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Residents of a Catholic neighborhood in Portadown, Northern Ireland, want to block a march by Protestant loyalists through their street, despite permission from the court. The First Minister of Northern Ireland says that allowing the march "raises questions" regarding the Good Friday Agreement.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham called for calm in Northern Ireland on Sunday after the Orange Order was given the go-ahead by the High Court in Belfast in a late-night sitting.
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The chairman of Sinn Féin calls it madness that the Orange Order has been allowed to march through a Catholic neighborhood.
Northern Ireland once again faces the abyss of sectarian violence. From early hours this Sunday morning, hundreds of neighbors and sympathizers have concentrated on various points of Garvaghy Road, a street that crosses from north to south the Catholic-majority neighborhood of Portadown city, to prevent the passage of the Protestant parade of the members of the Order of Orange of Dumcree. Continue reading
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