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Protesters block Orange Order march in Northern Ireland

Protesters block Orange Order route into Catholic area of Portadown after court allows march for first time in 28 years.

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Sep 30, 2026 · byAl Jazeera

Controversial Northern Ireland Protestant parade hits stalemate amid fresh talks

The UK's Northern Ireland minister Monday admitted that talks to overcome a dispute about a contentious pro-British Protestant parade through a mainly Catholic area had so far failed to resolve one of the region's worst crises in decades. Thousands of people occupied a road in Portadown, southwest of Belfast, on Sunday to prevent the parade by 35 members of the Orange Order taking place.

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Sep 29, 2026 · byFrance 24

The Guardian view on the Drumcree parade: ghosts from the past have brought Stormont to the brink | Editorial

A reckless decision to authorise an Orange Order parade with a notorious history has deepened the political crisis in the Northern Ireland executive The last time that the Orange Order successfully marched from Drumcree parish church down the Garvaghy Road, a mainly Catholic part of Portadown, it required a British army presence and a lockdown of locals forced off their own streets. The 1997 parade was preceded by loyalist death threats and followed by nationalist riots, in which more than 160 people were injured. The lengthy track record of lethal violence and disorder associated with the march led the Parades Commission – established the following year as part of the peace process – to ban it. On Sunday, however, in scenes that rolled back the years in deeply unwelcome fashion, the old traumas and hostilities were recklessly allowed to resurface. Unfathomably, after a routine decision to renew the ban this year was challenged on procedural grounds, the commissioners reversed their ruling late last week and permitted a march to go ahead on a limited scale. The entirely predictable result was a tense standoff and a political crisis in Stormont, after protesters blocked the Garvaghy Road route until the early hours of Monday morning. Continue reading...

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Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Tensions run high in Northern Ireland after march blocked from historic flashpoint

Tensions ran high in Northern Ireland on Sunday after a contentious parade was blocked from making its way through the town of Portadown by thousands of protesters. It is the first time in nearly 30 years that the Orange Order parade has been allowed to go down the Garvaghy Road, which had been a notorious flashpoint between the communities in the years before the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 largely ended the bloodshed in Northern Ireland.

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Sep 28, 2026 · byFrance 24

‘Madness’: Standoff in Northern Ireland town as protesters block first Orangemen march in decades

The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.

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Sep 28, 2026 · byThe Sydney Morning Herald

Northern Ireland: 2,000 protesters block disputed Portadown march

Thousands of protesters blocked a road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on 27 September, in an attempt to stop an Orange Order parade from entering the mainly Catholic and nationalist Garvaghy Road area.

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Sep 27, 2026 · byEuronews

Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace

Governments will be hoping row over the contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road can be defused Portadown march: latest updates Like a ghost from its troubled past Drumcree has unexpectedly reappeared to remind people of how far Northern Ireland has changed in 30 years but also how easily history can undermine the present, if imperfect, peace and stability. Three decades ago parts of Northern Ireland came to an almost annual standstill as Protestant Orange Order protesters blocked roads in support of members wanting to march down what they called its traditional route, the Garvaghy Road, on the Sunday before the annual 12 July parade. Continue reading...

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Sep 27, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Tense standoff over loyalist march in Portadown as protesters block route

Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow Garvaghy Road parade for first time since 1998 Portadown march: latest updates Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking the route of a hugely contentious parade in Northern Ireland after a court gave late-night clearance for the Orange Order to march on a historically significant road for the first time in nearly 30 years. The loyalist Drumcree parade along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown was given the go ahead by the Parades Commission for the first time since 1998, a decision denounced as “madness” by Sinn Féin. Continue reading...

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Sep 27, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Northern Ireland court allows Orange Order march through Catholic area

A court in Northern Ireland has allowed a Protestant parade to proceed through a controversial route in a Catholic area for the first time in nearly 30 years. The legal dispute ended in the early hours of Sunday, with counterprotests now underway and police working to keep marchers and protesters apart. The Drumcree parade dispute dates back to the mid-1990s, when tensions over the route led to riots, roadblocks and murders, threatening Northern Ireland’s peace process. Hervé Amoric reports from Portadown.

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Irlanda del Norte Orden de Orange Portadown

Sep 27, 2026 · byFrance 24

Northern Ireland: Disputed parade set for flashpoint after nearly 30 years

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Sep 27, 2026 · byFrance 24

Belfast court injuncts decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road

Andy Burnham calls for calm as fears of unrest grow after request for countermarch in mainly nationalist area A controversial loyalist parade down a nationalist street in Portadown has been temporarily injuncted after a high court judge urged all sides to “step back from the abyss” and take responsible decisions for “the sake of everyone in Northern Ireland”. The ruling was made amid rising fears that a parade could unleash fresh sectarian violence. Continue reading...

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Andy Burnham Belfast Garvaghy Road

Sep 26, 2026 · byThe Guardian