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Protesters disperse after blocking route for loyalist march in Portadown
Community leader says 20-30 volunteers will stay overnight as talks with Northern Ireland officials begin to address the parade dispute.
- Protesters on the Garvaghy Road mostly dispersed early Monday after community leader Breandán Mac Cionnaith announced a "victory" and secured "commitments" that the parade would not proceed overnight.
- The High Court in Belfast upheld the Parades Commission's decision on Sunday morning in an "unprecedented" late-night hearing, permitting the Orange Order to march along a route banned since 1998 due to violent clashes during the Troubles.
- Sinn Féin First Minister Michelle O'Neill joined thousands of protesters in the Sunday blockade, though police repeatedly warned through loudspeaker that the unnotified gathering violated parading legislation and participants faced arrest.
- Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant urged "everybody to keep calm" and arranged Monday meetings with Mac Cionnaith and Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Constable Jon Boutcher to seek a settled position.
- Two schools in Portadown announced closures for Monday amid the dispute, while the Orange Order stated it would remain "an hour, a day, or 10 days" to vindicate its rights.
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