PSNI to question SF leaders over Garvaghy Road protest
Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill will be questioned after police said 4,000 residents and supporters blocked an Orange Order parade route.
- Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald and First Minister Michelle O'Neill confirmed this week they will attend PSNI interviews regarding their attendance at September's Garvaghy Road protest against an Orange Order parade.
- Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Bryant banned the Orange Order parade after a 13-day stand-off between local residents and marchers. The Parades Commission had originally approved the route, but police determined they could not safely facilitate the procession.
- Citing "significantly more serious intelligence," barristers told a court that police feared potential firearm attacks by dissident republicans. Authorities assessed a "developing and potentially extremely serious public order situation" if they attempted to force the parade through the area.
- Invitations for police interviews were also sent to People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll and Sinn Féin MLA Áine Murphy. Last week, First Minister O'Neill survived a TUV motion of no confidence regarding her attendance at the demonstration.
- Alliance Committee chair Paula Bradshaw noted a "relationship breakdown" within the Executive office requiring repair before the next assembly election. O'Neill and others have defended their presence, stating they stood to protect "28 years of peace and progress.
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Sinn Féin leaders interviewed by police over Garvaghy Road participation
SINN Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have been interviewed by police officers investigating their participation in an allegedly unlawful protest in Portadown last month
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Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill are being interviewed at Musgrave PSNI station in Belfast.
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The First Minister Michelle O'Neill has clashed with unionist politicians at a Stormont committee over her involvement in protests on the Garvaghy Road blocking an Orange Order parade last month.
Michelle O’Neill and Mary-Lou McDonald to be questioned by police over Garvaghy Road protest
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Sinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald are to be interviewed by police in relation to their attendance at a protest that blocked the first Drumcree Orange Order march in almost 30 years.
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