The High Court in Belfast upheld a determination of the Parades Commission permitting an Orange Order parade down the Garvaghy Road at an unprecedented hearing that concluded at 2.15am on Sunday morning. The Parades Commission issued a determination on Friday afternoon granting permission for Portad
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The Parades Commission has permitted an Orange Order parade along the Garvaghy Road in a determination released today. The parade by Portadown District LOL No.1 will take place on Sunday 27 September. It will begin at Drumcree Church and conclude at Carlton Street Orange Hall proceeding down Drumcre
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Sir Chris Bryant, has announced that The Right Honourable Sir John O'Hara KC will lead the independent review into the decision-making processes and organisational governance of the Parades Commission. The independent judge-led review has been comm
Northern Ireland secretary, Sir Chris Bryant, has ordered an independent judge-led review into the Parades Commission. This comes in the wake of the High Court decision last week that quashed a determination of the Commission in relation to the Orange Order march along the Garvaghy Road.
A member of the Parades Commission, Mr Billy Gamble, has resigned following a High Court judgment that found decision making at the Commission “sloppy”. Judicial review proceedings were brought by a member of the Portadown Orange Lodge in relation a determination of the Commission to ref
Northern Ireland secretary, Sir Chris Bryant, met with the chair of the Parades Commission, Professor Evelyn Collins, yesterday in the wake of the High Court decision that described decision making processes at the Commission as “sloppy”. During their discussion, the Secretary of S
The High Court in Belfast has issued a judgment in judicial review proceedings quashing a decision of the Parades Commission to block the Orange Order from marching down the Garvaghy Road. The judicial review proceedings were brought by a member of the Portadown Orange Lodge and claimed that the Com

