Appeal Court Overturns Ban on Garvaghy Road March
The ruling restores the Parades Commission’s conditions, allowing only 35 marchers, no bands and strict timing on the route.
- Late Saturday, the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court injunction blocking the Orange Order from marching on the Garvaghy Road, as Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan ruled the previous judge "unfortunately erred in law."
- The Parades Commission initially authorized a restricted march of 35 Orangemen on the Garvaghy Road, the first such return route since 1998, prompting residents to launch legal challenges citing community opposition.
- Earlier on Saturday, High Court judge Patricia Smyth granted a temporary injunction halting the parade, warning that the "long-running dispute has the potential to escalate within Northern Ireland." Residents' spokesman Breandan Mac Cionnaith told supporters they were "half way there."
- Sinn Fein MLA Deirdre Hargey condemned the ruling, while DUP MP Carla Lockhart urged people to "not take to the streets," as residents lodged an application to hold a protest involving up to 5,000 people at 7am Sunday.
- The Court of Appeal's ruling now supersedes the earlier injunction, permitting the Orange Order to march at 8am Sunday, concluding an extraordinary day of legal developments surrounding this historically volatile parading flashpoint.
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Appeal court overturns ban on Garvaghy Road march
A court in Belfast has allowed an appeal of the decision to bar the Orange Order from marching down the Garvaghy Road later today with the Lady Chief Justice Dame Siobhan Keegan saying the judge who granted an injunction against the march had 'unfortunately erred in law'.
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 in favour the Orange Order – overturning Justice Patricia Smyth’s earlier decision to grant interim relief to the residents. As a result, the Orange Order will be legally permitted to walk down the Garvaghy Road on Sunday morning. After sitting at 9.30pm on Saturday to hear an appeal against a High Court injuncti…
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