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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O’Carroll and Harry Taylor

Loyalist parade in Northern Ireland given go-ahead as almost 30-year ban overturned

People blocking the Garvaghy Road, a Catholic enclave in Portadown, on Sunday ahead of a scheduled Protestant Orange Order parade
People blocking the Garvaghy Road, a Catholic enclave in Portadown, on Sunday ahead of a scheduled Protestant Orange Order parade. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters

A controversial loyalist parade along a nationalist street in the Northern Ireland town of Portadown is set to go ahead for the first time in nearly 30 years, after an overnight court ruling cleared it to proceed.

The Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Roadis scheduled for 8am on Sunday morning, and follows a last-minute legal back-and-forth.

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