Portadown – Page 6

3 weeks ago

Loyalists plan ‘Drumcree family support event’ in solidarity with Portadown Orangemen as stand-off enters third day

A ‘family support’ event is to be held in Portadown in support of the Orange Order’s stand at Drumcree. Three bands...

4 weeks ago

Tributes paid to highly respected Portadown Orangeman who was ‘one of a kind’

Tributes have been paid to a highly respected and deeply admired Portadown Orangeman, Oliver Laffin. Oliver, who was originally from Rathfriland,...

4 weeks ago

Senior police officer defends PSNI’s handling of the Drumcree stand-off

A senior PSNI officer has defended the force’s handling of the Drumcree stand-off in Portadown, insisting police acted “independently and impartially”...

4 weeks ago

Portadown Orange District blasts PSNI’s ‘abject failure’ over Drumcree parade and calls for PSNI chief to resign

Portadown District LOL No 1 has launched a blistering attack on the PSNI, accusing the force of an “abject failure” to...

4 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 –...

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...

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...

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...