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07/07/2008
Trouble-Free Drumcree 'Low Key'
More than a decade after the first post-Drumcree rioting resulted in the virtual shut-down of NI, with scores injured and many millions of pounds lost in policing and army operations and riot damages, this year's annual impasse on the Garvaghy Road passed off without incident - and with the smallest police presence to date.
For the 12th year in a row, hundreds of Orange Order members who took part in the annual Battle of the Somme commemoration church service at Drumcree Church in Portadown were banned from returning along the contentious route through the mainly nationalist area.
While Orange District Master Darryl Hewitt accused the Parades Commission of failing to sort out the impasse and claiming Garvaghy Road Residents have not lived up to their undertaking to talk about the issue, Sunday's march passed off without incident and only around 100 police officers were on duty - a much lower figure than in any previous year.
Also, as has been the case for several years, there was no apparent military backup either.
Sinn Fein and the SDLP say the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents must talk to each other to resolve the long running dispute - one of the longest running, unresolved disputes of the annual 'marching season'.
Meanwhile, Orangemen from throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have taken part in their annual parade in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal.
The event - on Saturday - drew several thousand lodge members from across NI and border counties Cavan, Leitrim and Monaghan.
About 30 bands accompanied the marchers on the route into the seaside resort, ahead of a religious service.
The march comes before the annual 12 July celebrations in Northern Ireland, marking the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.
The Orange Order in Donegal says it is going from strength-to-strength with new members joining each year.
Local Orange halls have also been boosted, with the Irish government recently helping fund a development officer to work on modernising Orange Order property.
(BMcC)
For the 12th year in a row, hundreds of Orange Order members who took part in the annual Battle of the Somme commemoration church service at Drumcree Church in Portadown were banned from returning along the contentious route through the mainly nationalist area.
While Orange District Master Darryl Hewitt accused the Parades Commission of failing to sort out the impasse and claiming Garvaghy Road Residents have not lived up to their undertaking to talk about the issue, Sunday's march passed off without incident and only around 100 police officers were on duty - a much lower figure than in any previous year.
Also, as has been the case for several years, there was no apparent military backup either.
Sinn Fein and the SDLP say the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents must talk to each other to resolve the long running dispute - one of the longest running, unresolved disputes of the annual 'marching season'.
Meanwhile, Orangemen from throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have taken part in their annual parade in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal.
The event - on Saturday - drew several thousand lodge members from across NI and border counties Cavan, Leitrim and Monaghan.
About 30 bands accompanied the marchers on the route into the seaside resort, ahead of a religious service.
The march comes before the annual 12 July celebrations in Northern Ireland, marking the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.
The Orange Order in Donegal says it is going from strength-to-strength with new members joining each year.
Local Orange halls have also been boosted, with the Irish government recently helping fund a development officer to work on modernising Orange Order property.
(BMcC)
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