Northern Ireland: Contentious March Stalls as Protesters Block Garvaghy Road
About 1,000 to 2,000 protesters blocked the route after the Parades Commission allowed 35 marchers to proceed without bands or supporters.
- Northern Ireland’s Parades Commission has approved an Orange Order march through Garvaghy Road in Portadown, a mainly Catholic area, for the first time since the route was banned in 1998.
- The march is part of the annual Drumcree parade and has long been one of Northern Ireland’s most contentious Protestant processions.
- The commission approved a reduced procession of 35 people for Sunday morning and imposed conditions on its size, timing and music.
- The Garvaghy Road dispute became a major flashpoint during the Troubles, with repeated unrest surrounding attempts to hold the march through the area.
- Residents have opposed the decision and launched a legal challenge, with the High Court expected to consider the case before the planned march.
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After a lengthy legal battle, the Orange Order planned to march down Garvaghy Road again on Sunday, and it is far from the first time that this particular road has been the center of a bitter dispute.
The Protestant Oranier order wanted to march through a Catholic part of the city of Portadown in Northern Ireland. But opponents block the march. It's about a road that used to be a rioting focal point. By Franziska Hopfen.
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