Conflicts: Counter-protesters block Orange Parade in Northern Ireland
For the first time in decades, the Protestant Orange Order has been allowed to march through a Catholic part of Portadown in Northern Ireland. But on the morning, the parade does not get underway.
A controversial Orange Order parade was blocked by counter-protesters in the mainly Catholic area of Portadown, Northern Ireland. The parade, which had been permitted by the Parades Commission to go ahead along Garvaghy Road, was unable to start due to hundreds of protesters gathering on the route. Sinn Féin members were among those protesting, and fireworks were set off nearby.
Northern Ireland's First Minister, Michelle O'Neill, called for calm but also expressed support for residents' right to protest against the "sectarian march", saying it was unwanted and should not go ahead.
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