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Claudia Savage

Judge urges Drumcree parties to ‘step back from the abyss’

People outside Belfast High Court where the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition are trying to bring a judicial review (Mark Marlow/PA) - (PA Wire)

A judge has urged legal parties in the Drumcree march dispute to “step back from the abyss” and “reach agreement for the sake of everyone in Northern Ireland”.

Lawyers are engaged in a High Court proceeding as residents of the predominantly nationalist Garvaghy Road have launched a legal challenge against a ruling to permit the Orange Order to walk down the street for the first time in 30 years.

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