Court upholds Drumcree parade ruling after ‘unprecedented’ late-night hearing

Carla Lockhart from the DUP and Timothy Gaston from the TUV leaving Belfast High Court where the Court of Appeal has overturned a ban on members of the Portadown District Orange Order from marching on the Garvaghy Road on Sunday. Picture date: Sunday September 27, 2026. - (PA Wire)

The Parade Commission ruling permitting the Orange Order to march on Garvaghy Road was upheld in an “unprecedented” late night sitting of the High Court in Belfast.

In a hearing concluding at 2.15am, legal teams repeated their arguments over the contentious Drumcree parade which was a notorious flashpoint of the Troubles in the 90s.