Politics1:47A controversial Orange Order march in Northern Ireland has been banned. Secretary of State Chris Bryant said neither the Order nor its opponents had reached a compromise. The decision came after a standoff lasting nearly two weeks raised fears of a return to the region’s violent sectarian past.
SocietyA dispute over a Protestant parade through a predominantly Catholic neighbourhood in Northern Ireland has revived longstanding divisions. Critics say it is drawing attention away from urgent problems such as lengthy hospital waiting lists, strained public services and a lack of affordable homes.
WorldA Belfast court has reserved judgment in residents’ challenge to the Drumcree parade, which they oppose the Orange Order holding through their area. The case questions whether the Parades Commission misread police advice on unrest risks. Lawyers called the event one of Northern Ireland’s most divisive and questioned its return to the route after 28 years.
PoliticsA long-running dispute over an Orange Order march in Portadown, Northern Ireland, returns to court on Monday. The Protestant group, which backs keeping Northern Ireland in the UK, is allowed to pass through a mainly Catholic, Nationalist area. Residents blocked the route in a protest last Sunday, which police called unlawful, and are now challenging the parade again in court.
PoliticsA Northern Ireland march approved after a 30-year hiatus remains at the heart of a deep-rooted dispute. The Protestant unionist Orange Order is to march along a mainly Catholic street, but residents have blocked roads despite court approval. Another court hearing is scheduled for Monday.
WorldTensions over a controversial Orange Order march in Northern Ireland remain high after talks with mainly Catholic residents collapsed. A legal challenge has postponed the court hearing, bringing back memories of violence associated with earlier marches.
PoliticsA stand-off over a disputed road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, is continuing after talks between Garvaghy Road residents and the Orange Order collapsed. Residents have mounted a new legal challenge to stop the march passing through their community, while a court hearing has been postponed from Friday to Monday to allow more time for a possible compromise.
WorldA four-day standoff is intensifying in Portadown as Protestant Orange Order members wait to march along a road from which they were barred for 28 years. Members of the Catholic community have gathered to stop them. Talks continued on Tuesday, but neither side appears ready to give way.
WorldThe UK’s Northern Ireland minister said Monday that renewed discussions had failed to settle a dispute over a pro-British Protestant parade, in one of the region’s worst crises in decades. Thousands occupied a road in Portadown, southwest of Belfast, on Sunday to stop 35 Orange Order members from marching through a mainly Catholic area.
WorldPolice in Northern Ireland stopped a Protestant Orange Order parade from passing through a Catholic community, despite a court ruling permitting it. Thousands of protesters gathered to prevent the march in Portadown.
WorldA controversial Orange Order parade in Northern Ireland was due to take place on Sunday but was stopped after protesters blocked its route. The Drumcree parade, which helped trigger some of the worst disorder in Northern Ireland in the 1990s, had been set to return for the first time in nearly 30 years.
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WorldTensions remain high in Portadown as Garvaghy Road residents prepare further protests against a planned Orange Order parade through their predominantly Catholic, nationalist community. Hundreds blocked the road after the High Court approved the route, which has not been used for such a parade in almost 30 years. Drumcree saw intense sectarian violence and protests in the 1990s.
WorldTensions were high in Northern Ireland on Sunday after thousands of protesters prevented a contentious parade from passing through Portadown. It was the first Orange Order march allowed along Garvaghy Road in nearly 30 years; before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely ended the bloodshed, the road was a notorious community flashpoint.
WorldPolice stopped a controversial Orange Order parade in Portadown after protesters gathered. The Drumcree march was due to take place for the first time in 30 years following legal challenges, but the Orange Order could not begin the permitted parade on Sunday. The standoff continued through Sunday and into early Monday.
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WorldProtesters blocked a Protestant parade from passing through their area despite a court ruling lifting a ban on the route, leading to a standoff with police.
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WorldTensions are rising in Northern Ireland after Belfast’s High Court approved a controversial parade. About 2,000 protesters have blocked the route into a Catholic area, where the Orange Order is due to march for the first time in nearly 30 years. The route was a notorious flashpoint before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely ended the Troubles’ bloodshed.
WorldA Northern Ireland court has allowed the Protestant Orange Order to march through a mainly Catholic part of Portadown for the first time in almost 30 years, reviving memories of tensions and violence linked to Drumcree marches during the Troubles. The event is limited to 35 participants and one banner, but hundreds of Catholic residents are protesting, posing a major challenge for police clearing the route.
WorldA Northern Ireland court has authorised a Protestant Orange Order parade along a disputed route through a Catholic area for the first time in almost 30 years. The legal challenge ended early Sunday, as counterprotests began and police worked to separate the two sides. The Drumcree dispute has roots in the unrest of the mid-1990s.