Parades Commission allows restricted Orange Order march on Garvaghy Road
The commission approved a 35-person parade for Sunday morning with strict time limits, the first such march on the road since 1998.
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- Parades Commission approves restricted Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road for September 27
- March limited to 35 participants with strict 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM time window
- First parade on the road since 1998; replaces quashed July 5 Drumcree parade
- Residents coalition opposed march, warning of renewed tensions and threat to community progress
- Commission cites balance of assembly rights and residents' concerns in determination
The Parades Commission has authorised a highly restricted Orange Order parade to proceed along Portadown's Garvaghy Road on Sunday, September 27. The decision permits Portadown District LOL No.1 to complete part of its traditional Drumcree Church parade route for the first time in nearly three decades.
The parade is limited to a maximum of 35 participants, including five named marshals. It must depart Drumcree Church no later than 8:00 AM and disperse at Carleton Street Orange Hall by 9:30 AM.
“An entire generation of young people from our community has grown up and reached adulthood without having to experience”
The commission said it balanced the organiser's right to peaceful assembly with residents' rights and concerns. It described the Drumcree parade as one of the most contentious in Northern Ireland.
The Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition had urged the commission to block the march. They warned it could reawaken old animosities and jeopardise 28 years of community progress. The commission has blocked July marches on the road every year since 1998.
Sunday's event was notified as a replacement for the July 5 parade whose notification was quashed by the High Court. Unionist politicians heavily criticised the commission last month over that ruling.
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