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Cate McCurry

NI Secretary must utilise powers to ban Drumcree parade, Dáil told

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik said the Northern Ireland Secretary of State must be prepared to utilise his powers to prohibit the Drumcree parade from taking place if a mediation process fails (PA) - (PA Wire)

The Northern Ireland Secretary of State must be prepared to utilise his powers to prohibit the Drumcree parade from taking place if a mediation process fails, the Irish parliament has been told.

Labour leader Ivana Bacik said that decision of the Parades Commission to permit the Orange Order to march down the Garvaghy Road in Co Armagh after a 28-year ban has reopened “seriously deep wounds”.

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