Thousands attend support parade for Portadown Orange Order The parade was organised in support of the Portadown Orange Order, who were blocked from marching down the Garvaghy Road. Evening Standard · 12h ago
Lockhart quits as DUP party officer amid rift with leader over Stormont’s future The Upper Bann MP wants leader Gavin Robinson to pull DUP deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly out of the powersharing executive. The Independent UK · Oct 22
Sinn Féin leaders interviewed by police over Garvaghy Road participation SINN Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O’Neill have been interviewed by police officers investigating their participation in an allegedly unlawful protest in Portadown last month The National (Scotland) · Oct 21
‘Did you see any gunmen?’: Garvaghy Road residents challenge media after court claims A GARVAGHY Road residents representative has hit out at the media over reports that dissident republicans could have used firearms against police during the Drumcree stand-off The National (Scotland) · Oct 20
Police feared dissident gun attack if Drumcree parade went ahead, court told An application for judicial review against the decision to ban the parade is being heard in Belfast. Evening Standard · Oct 19
Chief constable pressed over ‘anger that lawbreaking has been seen to win’ A DUP delegation pressed Jon Boutcher to demonstrate that the law would be enforced. Evening Standard · Oct 13
Chris Bryant rejects claims he bowed to ‘mob rule’ over Drumcree parade The NI Secretary thanked the Portadown Lodge and Garvaghy Road residents for their engagement in extensive but ultimately unsuccessful talks. The Independent UK · Oct 12
‘Orange state is gone forever’, Michelle O’Neill tells Assembly DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley said Sinn Féin’s ‘new Ireland project stands dead in the streets of Portadown’. Evening Standard · Oct 12
Drumcree residents lose latest court battle as judges reject Garvaghy Road challenge RESIDENTS opposed to a contentious Orange Order parade route in Portadown have lost their latest bid to challenge the decision to allow it The National (Scotland) · Oct 12
Chief Constable’s advice on Drumcree parade to be scrutinised in legal challenge A judicial review of Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant’s decision to stop the parade has been widened to include PSNI chief Jon Boutcher. Evening Standard · Oct 12
What's next after Drumcree march ban? Key court rulings set to shape row Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Bryant’s decision to ban an Orange Order parade from the Garvaghy Road is to be challenged in court The National (Scotland) · Oct 12
Bryant’s decision to halt Drumcree parade to be challenged in court Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant acted on Friday night following an almost two-week standoff. Evening Standard · Oct 12
Bryant accused of ‘disgraceful appeasement’ by stopping parade DUP leader Gavin Robinson questioned if there had been a ‘bending of the knee of the rule of law in the threat of terror and violence’. The Independent UK · Oct 11
Legal challenge to halting of Drumcree Orange Order march adjourned A LEGAL challenge to a decision by Secretary of State Chris Bryant to halt an Orange Order march in Drumcree has been adjourned to Monday ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 10
Evening Standard · Oct 10 Legal challenge to halting of Drumcree Orange parade adjourned The Orange Order are seeking a judicial review of the decision by Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant.
Evening Standard · Oct 10 Legal challenge to Bryant’s decision to stop march to be heard A bid is being made for a judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision which was announced on Friday night.
The Independent UK · Oct 10 UK government blocks Northern Ireland march after standoff fueled sectarian tensions The British government has blocked a contentious march in Northern Ireland after a two-week standoff
Evening Standard · Oct 10 Orange Order seek urgent meetings over parade route ban It comes after Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant intervened on Friday night to stop a parade being allowed along the Garvaghy Road.