If the Drumcree parade is forced down the Garvaghy Road, our peace process will lie in tatters on the tarmac

The march down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road, which in the 1990s sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history, will go ahead after a series of courtroom challenges.

Drumcree parade: Decision made over Portadown march

Drumcree parade: Decision made over Portadown march

“This is a retrograde step. The march was stopped from going through the Garvaghy Road for a reason. For years it was a lightning rod for conflict, sectarian abuse, intimidation and violence – not jus...

‘The government does not want to see a return to the divisions of the past,’ said a spokesperson. ‘That would be a retrograde step.’

Drumcree parade: Decision made over Portadown march

Residents living on Garvaghy Road previously said they will “mobilise” and “come together” if the parade is allowed to march through their community.

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