
Orange Order Parade Blocked From Historic Flashpoint Route in Northern Ireland
Thousands of protesters prevented a contentious parade from passing through Portadown's Garvaghy Road for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Thousands of protesters prevented a contentious parade from passing through Portadown's Garvaghy Road for the first time in nearly 30 years.

Around 2,000 demonstrators blocked the route as tensions rose over a controversial parade approved by Belfast's High Court.

A Northern Ireland court has cleared a Protestant Orange Order parade to proceed through a contested route in a Catholic area for the first time in nearly 30 years, prompting counterprotests.

A court decision allowing a long-disputed Protestant parade through a Catholic area of Northern Ireland for the first time in nearly 30 years has raised concern that old tensions could resurface.
A crowd gathered on Garvaghy Road early Sunday to protest against a ruling permitting the march, according to Al Jazeera.

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.
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