All posts tagged "Drumcree"

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  3 weeks ago

  Police block overnight Drumcree march bid as Garvaghy residents set to meet head of police and NI SoS

  Two days of high tension over a planned Drumcree parade ended in a late‑night stand‑off on the streets of Portadown –...

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  4 weeks ago

  School just off Garvaghy Road to remain closed on Monday as Drumcree stand-off continues

  A secondary school just off the Garvaghy Road will remain closed on Monday as tension continues to hang over Portadown following...

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  4 weeks ago

  Dramatic late‑night legal battle sees Orange Order’s appeal against Garvaghy Road decision upheld

  A dramatic late‑night legal battle over Sunday morning’s planned Drumcree parade has ended with the Court of Appeal issuing its ruling...

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  4 weeks ago

  High Court bid to stop Garvaghy Road parade as Sinn Féin say people will gather in solidarity with residents

  Sinn Féin leaders have condemned as “utterly reckless” the Parades Commission’s decision to allow a tightly‑restricted Orange Order parade along Portadown’s...

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  4 weeks ago

  Parades Commission give green light for highly restricted Orange Order parade down Garvaghy Road

  The Parades Commission has given the green light for a highly restricted Orange Order parade to travel down Portadown’s Garvaghy Road...

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  4 weeks ago

  Senior judge to lead hard‑hitting review of Parades Commission after Drumcree court ruling

  A senior judge has been appointed to lead an independent review into how the Parades Commission makes its decisions, the Secretary...

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  1 month ago

  Drumcree Parade: SF urge Orange Order ‘not to reopen old wounds’ as DUP MP accuses party of ‘living in the 1990s’

  A Sinn Fein MLA has called on Portadown District No 1 to “stop what they are doing” and “not to reopen...

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  1 month ago

  Sinn Féin calls on Taoiseach to visit Garvaghy Road residents over Drumcree dispute

  Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has called on An Taoiseach Micheál Martin to visit the Garvaghy Road in Portadown and hear...

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  1 month ago

  Portadown Orange District hails ‘significant’ step as mediator appointed in Drumcree parading dispute

  Portadown Orange District LOL 1 says the Parades Commission has taken a “significant” step towards resolving the long‑running Drumcree parading stand‑off...

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  1 month ago

  Hundreds attend Garvaghy Road meeting over fresh Drumcree parade bid

  Hundreds of residents from Portadown’s Garvaghy Road packed into a public meeting on Monday night amid renewed tension over an Orange...

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  1 month ago

  ‘Have we woken up in 1996’ as Drumcree debate dominates on Stormont’s return from summer recess

  Stormont’s first day back after the summer recess saw a stormy clash over Drumcree and the future of the Parades Commission,...

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  2 months ago

  ‘Issue of unwanted Orange marches on Garvaghy Road is closed’ as O’Dowd vows to raise issue in Assembly

  Sinn Féin MLA John O’Dowd has insisted that the issue of Orange Order marches on Portadown’s Garvaghy Road is “closed”, as...