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Drumcree: Parades Commission to consider Orange Order march

The earliest date for a decision by the Parades Commission on the planned Drumcree march by Portadown Orange Order is 23 September – four days before the scheduled parade.

The route the Order hopes to take – including the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road – has been published on Parades Commission website, external.

It states that on Sunday 27 September the Order intends to start at 13:00 BST on Drumcree Road and finish in Portadown town centre by 14:30.

The commission has posted that the date that the parade is “to be considered” is Wednesday 23 September.

However, it could be later in the week before the decision and the reasons are published.

The contentious part of the route is along the Garvaghy Road, which is in the early part of the planned parade.

The order says that with only 60 members taking part, it should take 15 minutes to pass through that area.

They say they will march in silence with no music.

Once they are beyond the Garvaghy Road and close to the town centre, they say they will be joined by two accordion bands and other members of Portadown Orange Order.


BBC News

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