Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern said the decision to allow the Drumcree parade to take place was “choreographed far too tight, far too dangerous”, and that the stand-off that followed was inevitable.
The former Fianna Fáil leader, who was head of the Irish government during the height of the Drumcree dispute, said the Garvaghy Road residents have not changed their position on the Orange Order march.
