Orange Order

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons speaking during a press conference at Stormont Castle in Belfast following a meeting of the Northern Ireland Executive in April (Liam McBurney/PA Wire)

DUP minister rejects claims ‘only one party’ is blocking Executive business

Bryant had ‘no other decision’ but to halt Drumcree march, court told

Residents block Garvaghy Road in Portadown last month, ahead of a permitted and heavily restricted Orange Order parade. Pic: Kelvin Boyes/Press Eye

Cost of policing Drumcree now at £5.5m

Protestors blocking the road ahead of the planned Orange Order parade on September 27 (Stephen Davison/Pacemaker Press)

PSNI says 'we are vigilant' on dissidents amid Drumcree threat call

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has insisted that he did not “succumb to violence” when he banned the Drumcree parade.

I did not succumb to violence over Drumcree ban – Sir Chris Bryant

Hamill case ‘reminder’ of what sectarianism can bring, ex-NI Secretary

Morning View

Editorial: Much to mull after a triple Orange victory

Members of the Orange Order march to Drumcree church in 1998. Picture DAVID JONES/PA

Orange Order was willing to accept Garvaghy Road ban in secret 2003 deal

Police pictured at Drumcree Church.

Bryant accused of ‘disgraceful appeasement’ by stopping Drumcree parade

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant intervened on Friday night to ban the contentious march following an almost two-week stand-off

Legal challenge to Sir Chris Bryant’s decision to stop march to be heard

Sinn Fein president Mary-Lou McDonald and Breandan MacCionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition speak to media outside the Drumcree Community Centre on Friday night, after Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant announced that he has banned the contentious Drumcree parade. Picture date: Friday October 9, 2026.

Orange Order seek urgent meetings over parade route ban

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill attend a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents

First Minister expresses ‘relief’ at Bryant’s decision to stop parade

The impasse over the Garvaghy Road is now in its second week

Letter: Dispute raises questions about civil and religious liberties

Orangemen turn away from a police barricade close to Drumcree Church formed to prevent them entering the Garvaghy Road. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire

Drumcree: UUP boss says Orange Order 'don't have to walk to win'

Breandan Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition speaks to media outside Drumcree Community Centre on Wednesday afternoon.

Drumcree dispute ‘bigger than the Garvaghy Road’

Completing the Drumcree parade seems as far away as ever, without major civil disorder

Letter: Parade ruling an opportunity lost for the Orange Order
A letter from Gordon McNeill:
Letters

Helen McEntee said history has shown that the only way to find a resolution in Northern Ireland is where “both sides can potentially move forward”.

Agreement between Orange Order and residents the only solution – McEntee

Letter to the editor

Letter: Unionism can’t keep scoring own goals

Garvaghy Road residents, including their spokesperson Breandán Mac Cionnaith and their legal team, arriving at court on Monday. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Decision to allow Drumcree parade ‘involved legally flawed misunderstanding’,

Carla Lockhart of the DUP arrives with with Orange Order legal representative and loyalist spokesperson Jamie Bryson (far right), at Laganside Courts in Belfast, where the Garvaghy Road residents have launched a legal bid to overturn a determination which permits the Orange Order to walk down the mainly nationalist street in Portadown.

Court of Appeal hears fresh bid to stop Orange Order parade

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill attend a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents

Drumcree dispute back in the courts in fresh bid to stop parade

People attend a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents in the Drumcree parade dispute on Saturday afternoon

Drumcree standoff continues week after parade due to start

Sinn Fein President Mary Lou McDonald and Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill attend a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents in the Drumcree parade dispute.

Michelle O’Neill criticises Secretary of State comments about Drumcree stand-off

People attend a community event in support of the Garvaghy Road residents in the Drumcree parade dispute on Saturday afternoon

Huge rally against Drumcree parade held on Garvaghy Road

Stickers at the junction of the Garvaghy Road and Drumcree Road in Portadown. (Photo by Mark Marlow/PA Wire)

Drumcree stand-off continues as rival rallies set for same day

A banner reading "Garvaghy Road Says No" displayed on Garvaghy Road, Portadown. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Drumcree: Nationalist 'intolerance' towards a glimpse into a ‘new Ireland’ - MLA

DUP MLA Jonathan Buckley, Nigel Dawson, the district master of the Orange Order in Portadown, and deputy district master Alastair Power, talk near Drumcree Church in Portadown, Co Armagh. Photo: Mark Marlow/PA Wire

Important that mediation talks over Drumcree continue – Robinson
DUP leader Gavin Robinson also welcomed that a criminal investigation is under way into potential law breaking around the impasse.
Rebecca Black and Jonathan McCambridge

Nigel Dawson, the district master of the Orange Order in Portadown, (3rd left) and Legal advisor to the Orange Order and spokesperson Jamie Bryson (left) speak with media outside Hillsborough Castle after talks over the Drumcree parading dispute. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Latest talks on Drumcree stand off end without agreement

A PSNI vehicle near Drumcree Church, where an Orange Order parade was stopped by police because of an illegal protest on the Garvaghy Road. Pic: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Drumcree: Burrows calls for swift end to stand off to 'strengthen unionism'

PSNI Chief Constable Jon Boutcher pictured at the Policing Board public meeting at the Policing Board’s headquarters in the Gas Works in Belfast

Cost of policing Drumcree dispute £3m so far, says chief constable

Forcing march down Garvaghy Road could be catastrophic, warns Boutcher

Orange Order's Portadown District Master Nigel Dawson (left), Jamie Bryson, legal representative for Portadown District Lodge 101 (centre), Alastair Power, the deputy district master of the Portadown District of the Orange Order (right), with two other elders (names not given) arriving at Hillsborough Castle for a meeting with the Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, on Tuesday

Northern Ireland Secretary to return to Hillsborough for Drumcree talks

Legal advisor to the Orange Order and spokesperson Jamie Bryson and DUP MP Carla Lockhart speaking during a Drumcree family support event at Edgarstown Estate, Portadown on Wednesday night

Proposed deal to resolve Drumcree dispute ‘not acceptable’, says DUP MP

Breandan Mac Cionnaith (left) of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition speaks to media on Wednesday evening after leaving Hillsborough Castle.

Garvaghy Road residents say they will accept Drumcree deal if Orange Order do

First Minister Michelle O'Neill (left), Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin senator Conor Murphy speak to the media outside Hillsborough Castle

Further talks to be held in bid to break Drumcree parade dispute

A fresh bid has been launched to stop a Portadown Orange Order parade through the town's Garvaghy Road. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

New court bid to block Garvaghy Road parade

Drumcree ‘choreographed far too tight, far too dangerous’ – Ahern

First Minister Michelle O’Neill has also been accused of showing “gross contempt” to the assembly by the Stormont speaker

Stormont is ‘crying out for change’ – Sir Chris Bryant

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Sir Chris Bryant pictured at Hillsborough Castle, where he was meeting different parties involved in the Drumcree dispute. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

Bryant urges all sides to ‘double down on compromise’ over Drumcree

Nigel Dawson, Portadown District Master, speaks to a police officer as the orange men gather at Drumcree Church on Sunday

Drumcree stalemate enters third day with further talks expected

At the height of the blockade, thousands of people gathered on the Garvaghy Road throughout Sunday to prevent the Orange Order parade from nearby Drumcree Church from passing along the route

Letter: Reminder of fragile nature of NI peace process

Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Sir Chris Bryant pictured at Hillsborough Castle, where he was meeting different parties involved in the Drumcree dispute. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

NI Secretary seeking solution to Drumcree dispute 'through the mist'

Removing Garvaghy Road protesters ‘jeopardised’ public safety - PSNI

It cannot be ‘business as usual’ at Stormont after parading row - DUP

Sir Chris Bryant had scheduled meetings with representatives from both the Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition at Hillsborough Castle.

NI Secretary holds crunch talks over Drumcree parade dispute

Morning View

Editorial: Calm is needed after SF's Drumcree antics – NI can’t go back

At the height of the blockade, thousands of people gathered on the Garvaghy Road throughout Sunday to prevent the Orange Order parade from nearby Drumcree Church from passing along the route.

Protesters disperse after being told of ‘process’ to address Drumcree dispute

Orange men gather near Drumcree Church as police form a barricade to prevent them entering the Garvaghy Road, on Sunday

Drumcree: 'Everybody has to double down on compromise' urges NI Secretary

Claire Hanna SDLP speaking on Garvaghy Road. Picture: Ronan McGrade

Garvaghy Road: Difference between what's legal and what's right, say SDLP

Ulster Unionist Party leader Jon Burrows

Garvaghy Road protesters should face probe: UUP's Jon Burrows

Residents' group leader Breandan Mac Cionnaith addresses protesters on Garvaghy Road.

Garvaghy Road residents dig in heels as police negotiators approach

Police at Drumcree Church in Portadown ahead of the first Orange Order parade along Garvaghy Road for almost 30 years. Photo: Peter Morrison/PA Wire

Drumcree: Chief Constable asks 'those with influence' to get people to obey law

Prime Minister Andy Burnham appearing on the BBC 1 current affairs programme, Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, during the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool

Prime Minister Andy Burnham appeals for 'calm on all sides' over Drumcree parade

Protesters ahead of a Portadown District Loyal Orange Lodge (LOL) No 1 march in the first parade along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown for almost 30 years, after the parade was given clearance in a late-night hearing

Garvaghy Road blocked by protesters of Orange Order parade amid calls for calm

Portadown Orangemen form up at Drumcree Church before standing down after being told by the police the Garavaghy Road is not clear. Picture by Jonathan Porter/PressEye

O’Neill calls on NI Secretary to intervene in Drumcree parade dispute

News you can trust since 1737

© 2026 Iconic Media Group Ltd. All rights reserved.Terms and Conditions Privacy notice