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Orange Order Granted Permission for Drumcree Parade
The commission imposed limits on the Drumcree parade, including size, timing and music, after the route was blocked since 1998.
- On Friday, Northern Ireland's Parades Commission permitted the Protestant Orange Order to march along Portadown's Garvaghy Road on Sunday, the first authorized passage through the Catholic enclave since the route was banned in 1998.
- Annual attempts to march through the area triggered unrest during the "Troubles," prompting authorities to ban the route in 1998, the same year the Good Friday Agreement largely ended three decades of violence.
- Following a High Court ruling earlier this year that identified procedural errors, the Commission imposed strict conditions limiting the procession to 35 participants at 8 a.m. with no bands or supporters.
- Sinn Fein Vice President Michelle O'Neill "strongly condemns" the decision, calling the march "steeped in a history of hate, sectarian violence and murder," while residents vowed to "mobilise" and "come together" against the procession.
- Leading academic Professor Brendan O'Leary warned the Parades Commission that the dispute "could reignite the troubles," as nationalists across Ireland pledged full support to the Garvaghy Road community in the period ahead.
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The Independent (US)Orange Order to march down nationalist road for first time in 29 years
The street was a notorious flashpoint during the Troubles
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Drumcree return parade along Garvaghy Road given green light
The Parades Commission placed a number of restrictions including a 8am start time and numbered limited to 35.
·London, United Kingdom
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Northern Ireland allows contentious Orange Order march through Catholic area
BELFAST, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Authorities in Northern Ireland on Friday allowed what was once the most contentious Protestant parade of the annual marching season to pass through a Catholic area for the first time since the route was banned in 1998. No...
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