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Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents

Artists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents

Actors and musicians sign open letter urging government to protect residents amid impasse over Drumcree parade Dozens of artists, actors and musicians including Susan Sarandon and Noel Gallagher have expressed support for Garvaghy Road residents in the impasse over the Drumcree parade in Northern Ireland . In an open letter to the secretary of state, Chris Bryant, they urged the government to protect residents and to appoint an international mediator to resolve the dispute between the Catholic residents and the Orange Order in County Armagh. Continue reading...

Garvaghy RoadIrlanda del NorteNoel Gallagher
Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Drumcree talks break up without agreement on fifth day of standoff

Drumcree talks break up without agreement on fifth day of standoff

Dispute over march will now go to legal appeal on Monday after talks hosted by Northern Ireland secretary end Talks aimed at resolving the Drumcree parade dispute have broken up without agreement, with the Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Bryant, describing the situation as being between a “rock and a hard place”. Speaking on Thursday night after the latest talks with the Orange Order and residents of Garvaghy Road broke up, Bryant said: “I think this is the end of these conversations. We haven’t come to a settled agreement, and it’s a shame, but my door remains open.” Continue reading...

Garvaghy RoadIrlanda del Norte
Oct 2, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Garvaghy Road march talks ‘tantalisingly close’ to resolution, says minister

Garvaghy Road march talks ‘tantalisingly close’ to resolution, says minister

Nationalist residents’ coalition says it will accept solution drawn up by the Northern Ireland secretary if it is also accepted by unionists The Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Bryant, has said an end to the Drumcree parade dispute is “tantalisingly close”, as the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition signalled it would accept a document setting out a resolution drawn up by Bryant’s team if the Orange Order did so. Breandán Mac Cionnaith, the leader of the nationalist group, said on Wednesday afternoon he had been through the document drawn up by Bryant and his team. Continue reading...

Garvaghy RoadIrlanda del Norte
Sep 30, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Mediation over Drumcree parade is ‘dead in the water’, say nationalists

Mediation over Drumcree parade is ‘dead in the water’, say nationalists

Northern Ireland secretary holding talks with both sides as Garvaghy Road group launches fresh legal challenge UK politics live – latest updates Talks to break the deadlock over the controversial Drumcree parade will continue with the Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Bryant, on Wednesday as nationalist protesters declare the prospect of mediation with unionists “dead in the water”. The nationalist Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition has at the same time launched a fresh legal challenge to reimpose the almost 30-year ban on the Orange Order marching down their road, mounting fresh arguments that the Parades Commission has “materially misdirected itself”. Continue reading...

Garvaghy RoadIrlanda del NorteOrden de Orange
Sep 30, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace

Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace

Governments will be hoping row over the contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road can be defused Portadown march: latest updates Like a ghost from its troubled past Drumcree has unexpectedly reappeared to remind people of how far Northern Ireland has changed in 30 years but also how easily history can undermine the present, if imperfect, peace and stability. Three decades ago parts of Northern Ireland came to an almost annual standstill as Protestant Orange Order protesters blocked roads in support of members wanting to march down what they called its traditional route, the Garvaghy Road, on the Sunday before the annual 12 July parade. Continue reading...

Garvaghy RoadIrlanda del NorteOrden de Orange
Sep 27, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Tense standoff over loyalist march in Portadown as protesters block route

Tense standoff over loyalist march in Portadown as protesters block route

Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow Garvaghy Road parade for first time since 1998 Portadown march: latest updates Hundreds of protesters spent the day blocking the route of a hugely contentious parade in Northern Ireland after a court gave late-night clearance for the Orange Order to march on a historically significant road for the first time in nearly 30 years. The loyalist Drumcree parade along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown was given the go ahead by the Parades Commission for the first time since 1998, a decision denounced as “madness” by Sinn Féin. Continue reading...

Garvaghy RoadIrlanda del NortePortadown
Sep 27, 2026 · byThe Guardian
Belfast court injuncts decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road

Belfast court injuncts decision to allow Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road

Andy Burnham calls for calm as fears of unrest grow after request for countermarch in mainly nationalist area A controversial loyalist parade down a nationalist street in Portadown has been temporarily injuncted after a high court judge urged all sides to “step back from the abyss” and take responsible decisions for “the sake of everyone in Northern Ireland”. The ruling was made amid rising fears that a parade could unleash fresh sectarian violence. Continue reading...

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Andy BurnhamBelfastGarvaghy Road
Sep 26, 2026 · byThe Guardian