All posts tagged "Drumcree"
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1 month 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...
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1 month 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”...
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2 months 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...
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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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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2 months 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...
