On September 27, 2026, an injunction banning an Orange Order loyalist parade along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland was overturned on appeal, permitting the march for the first time in nearly three decades. The decision heightened tensions amid ongoing sectarian divisions in the region.
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Grow the fuck up you absolute arseholes. news.sky.com/liveblog-web... Members of the loyalist Orange Order in Northern Ireland will be allowed to march along a largely nationalist street on Sunday, after successfully appealing against a ban in an "unprecedented" late-ni...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck... The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.
Orange Order march to go ahead for first time in nearly 30 years - BBC News Rather than start at 13:00 on Sunday as intended, the Parades Commission has said it could begin no later than 08:00am and with 35 participants rather than the 60 the Orange Order had requested. apple.news/Al6mbgvkTTfm... The march, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history,
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/ck... Drumcree: Protests as controversial Orange Order march due to go ahead for the first time since 1997 - BBC News -- Within a few weeks of becoming British PM Andy Burnham and his North of Ireland SOS Chris Bryant are in danger of wrecking the peace process. The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serio
A cynical effort to stifle cross community peace building in the face of a United Ireland. Power to the people standing their ground in protest at Drumcree. ✊ www.bbc.com/news/article... Orangemen are waiting in a hall at Drumcree Church, about a mile away from the protest, for the go-ahead from police to proceed.
Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow Garvaghy Road parade for first time since 1998 Portadown march: latest updates Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking the route of a hugely contentious parade in Northern Ireland after a court gave late-night clearance for the Orange Order to march on a historically significant road for the first time in nearly 30 years. The
Governments will be hoping row over the contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road can be defused Portadown march: latest updates Like a ghost from its troubled past Drumcree has unexpectedly reappeared to remind people of how far Northern Ireland has changed in 30 years but also how easily history can undermine the present, if imperfect, peace and stability. Three decades ago parts of Nort
Blatant incompetence from the PSNI and the Parades Commission has led to what is happening today. For the sake of peace, no Orange Order parade should ever go down Garvaghy Road, and it’s a disgrace they think about having one without the consent of the residents. www.thejournal.ie/drumcree-ora... A procedural error by the Parades Commission reopened a dispute that had effectively been settled for
I’d love to know how the members of the Parades Commission spent the day. Out of touch arseholes. The march, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead for the first time in nearly 30 years after a series of courtroom challenges.
Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking the route of a hugely contentious parade after a court gave late-night clearance for the Orange Order to march on a historically significant road for the first time in nearly 30 years.
How can we address the ongoing divisions in Northern Ireland to promote peace and understanding among communities? Where do YOU stand? Join the debate: Governments will be hoping row over the contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road can be defused
Northern Ireland's Parades Commission had initially kept restrictions on the march, but a court challenge overturned the decision. The commission then allowed a much smaller parade of 35 people, without bands or supporters, and required it to start by 8am and finish by 9.30am. A final court challenge by residents was also rejected, clearing the way for the march.
Row comes amid rising division and a tendency towards cynical political posturing in Northern Ireland Three decades ago, it took the deaths of three Roman Catholic children – the Quinn brothers, Jason, nine, Mark, 10, and 11-year-old Richard – in a petrol bomb attack to bring an end to the Drumcree dispute. “No road is worth a life, let alone the lives of three little boys,” the Orange Order’s Cou