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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade

A PSNI armoured vehicle parked on a road near Drumcree Church and its graveyard
A PSNI vehicle near Drumcree church in Portadown, where the parade would have begun. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA

The Northern Ireland secretary of state has banned the Drumcree parade after a 13-day impasse between the Orange Order and nationalists.

Chris Bryant announced on Friday night that it was “not in the public interest” for Orangemen to march the contested route through Garvaghy Road in Portadown, which Catholic residents had blocked.

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