Drumcree Parade Decision Due Today After 22-Year Ban

A decision is expected today on whether an Orange Order parade will march down the Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the first time in nearly 30 years. An application for 60 Orange Order members to participate in a suggested Drumcree parade on 27 September is currently awaiting a ruling from the Parades Commission. The commission … Read more

The Drumcree Dispute and the Worst Troubles Atrocity

According to reports from The Irish Times, the long-running Drumcree parade dispute has re-emerged in Northern Ireland following a legal ruling that quashed the Parades Commission’s decision to ban a march along the nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown. The high court challenge, brought by a member of the Orange Order’s Portadown district lodge, has prompted … Read more