Robinson in Drumcree move - First Minister invites both sides for talks: Belfast Telegraph -

Northern Ireland’s first minister has said he will meet with both sides in the ongoing Drumcree dispute. Peter Robinson said he had invited senior Portadown Orangemen and members of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition to meet separately with him to discuss a “possible and agreed basis” for a resolution of the issue. “I have written to both the Orange District and the residents group in good faith and I hope that they will feel able to respond in a positive manner. By demonstrating a commonsense approach, I am certain that we can find a way through on this issue,” he said. “I will do all I can to help progress this matter to a consensual conclusion but I would be equally content if in the preliminary discussions the two parties agree on some other approach or arrangement which might reach the outcome that everyone in... [read full story]                    

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