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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents in Drumcree dispute

Noel Gallagher
‘Central to any just resolution must be the primacy and protection of the local community,’ said the letter, which was also signed by Irvine Welsh, Ken Loach, Adrian Dunbar and others. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA

Dozens of artists, actors and musicians including Susan Sarandon and Noel Gallagher have expressed support for Garvaghy Road residents in the impasse over the Drumcree parade in Northern Ireland.

In an open letter to the secretary of state, Chris Bryant, they urged the government to protect residents and to appoint an international mediator to resolve the dispute between the Catholic residents and the Orange Order in County Armagh.

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