Drumcree Orange Order parade today

Drumcree Orange Order parade today Sunday, 6 July 2008 09:00 The Orange Order's annual Drumcree Parade is due to take place in Portadown, Co Armagh, this morning. For the eleventh successive year, due to a ruling by the Parades Commission, the participants will not be allowed to march along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road when returning from a service at Drumcree Church. For several years the event sparked violent exchanges and required a huge security operation, but since 2004 the Drumcree event has passed off without a serious... [read full story]                    

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