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Police separate groups before Orange Order parade in Northern Ireland
Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin called on all sides to remain calm ahead of an Orange Order parade scheduled to pass through the Catholic area of Dromcree on September 27. The parade had not begun on Garvaghy Road by 2 p.m. local time, while police separated groups blocking the road.
Tensions rose in Northern Ireland ahead of an Orange Order parade scheduled to pass through a Catholic area, prompting Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin to call on all sides to remain calm.
The parade was scheduled to pass along Garvaghy Road in Dromcree. The Orange Order, which supports Northern Ireland remaining part of the United Kingdom and is associated with Protestant loyalists, aimed to hold a parade in the town’s Catholic neighbourhood for the first time in nearly 30 years.
Court ruling cleared the way for the parade
A court had previously imposed a temporary ban on the parade over concerns that unrest could occur in the area. However, the parade was allowed to go ahead after the Orange Order’s appeal was accepted.
Martin said no parade had been held in the area for 28 years and that most people believed this would continue. The prime minister called on both sides to remain calm.
The Irish prime minister also said he was deeply concerned about the developments. Martin described the decision by the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland to grant permission as “incomprehensible and wrong”.
Police separate groups blocking the road
The parade had not begun on Garvaghy Road by 2 p.m. local time. Hundreds of people blocked the road to prevent members of the Orange Order from passing, while police separated the two groups and did not allow the parade to proceed.
Loyalist parades in Dromcree turned into regular clashes between Catholics and Protestants in the 1990s. Several people were killed in the incidents. The last parade in the area took place in 1998.
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