
Tense Standoff Over Loyalist March in Portadown as Protesters Block Route
Hundreds of demonstrators, joined by Sinn Féin leaders, opposed a court-approved decision allowing the Orange Order to march the Garvaghy Road for the first time since 1998.

Hundreds of demonstrators, joined by Sinn Féin leaders, opposed a court-approved decision allowing the Orange Order to march the Garvaghy Road for the first time since 1998.
A crowd gathered on Garvaghy Road early Sunday to protest against a ruling permitting the march, according to Al Jazeera.
A crowd gathered on Garvaghy Road on Sunday morning to protest after a court ruled the Orange Order march could proceed, Al Jazeera reports.

An Orange Order march through a nationalist part of Portadown will go ahead on Sunday after a court overturned a near three-decade injunction.

The Orange Order will be allowed to march along Portadown's Garvaghy Road for the first time in nearly 30 years after an injunction against the parade was dismissed on appeal.