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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan McCambridge

Government wanted RUC to keep power over parades after Drumcree clashes

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The UK Government insisted that the RUC should retain the power to make decisions over contentious parades in the first year that violence erupted at Drumcree in Northern Ireland.

A series of declassified memos from Northern Ireland Office (NIO) officials in 1995 reveal a number of proposals were suggested to resolve marching disputes, including charging the Orange Order for the use of roads and policing.

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