Column: Is parading culture in Northern Ireland under threat?
Any conversation about the parading culture in Northern Ireland needs to be honest and informed, writes Chair of the Parades Commission Peter Osborne.
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Any conversation about the parading culture in Northern Ireland needs to be honest and informed, writes Chair of the Parades Commission Peter Osborne.
Both the BBC and the Press Association report that the the councillor was arrested after apologising for her comments last night.
In a decision announced this evening, the Commission said it had received no representations from unionists ahead of Saturday’s march.
A number of petrol bombs thrown at police and two vehicles set on fire.
A number of men and boys have been arrested as a result of continuing violence.
The DUP have decried the decision as “illogical”, and say the order has been left in an “impossible position”.
The Parades Commission has issued determinations for three additional parades passing Clifton Street in Belfast.
The Parades Commission there is still time to ensure a peaceful summer.
Earlier today the Chief Constable of the PSNI said that marches and protests in Northern Ireland which do not notify the Parades Commission “must now come to an end”.
The Chief Constable of the PSNI, Matt Baggott, also said that Public Processions Act did not act as a suitable deterrent.
Chairman Peter Osborne issued a lengthy statement last night about the ongoing Union flag demonstrations and the next marching season.
Drew Nelson was responding to a photograph which appeared to show a bandsman urinating outside a Catholic church during Saturday’s marches.
The Royal Black Institution, a Protestant fraternity, played music outside a Catholic church in spite of advice from the Parades Commission.
Clashes erupted as band breached Parades Commission determination against it marching past a Catholic Church.