SUNDAY, July 7th: Stand off in Portadown, Co Armagh, between loyalist Orangemen and police. The Orangemen, banned from marching down the Garvaghy Road, set up camp outside the parish church at Drumcree. Loyalists block roads throughout North.
Monday, July 8th: RUC fires plastic bullets at loyalists in Drumcree. Loyalists riot in Belfast. Catholic taxi driver Michael McGoldrick (31), found shot dead in a suspected paramilitary assassination in Lurgan.
Tuesday, July 9th: Numbers at Drumcree swell to 7,000. Orangemen break through the barbeg wire near the church and plastic bullets are fired as the security forces try to hold back the crowd. More riots in Belfast.
Wednesday, July 10th: Pubs, clubs and restaurants close in Belfast. Bus and train services across Northern Ireland are suspended after a spate of hijackings of buses and cars, many of which are turned into blazing barricades. Efforts to break the stand off at Drumcree continue.
Thursday, July 11th: Nationalist violence erupts throughout the North after 1,300 Orangemen are allowed to march along the Garvaghy Road. Hundreds of protesters march on the RUC station in Derry. Police fire plastic bullets at demonstrators in Belfast and Strabane, Co Tyrone. Protesters set fire to 14 buses in Armagh city. Three policemen shot and injured in Belfast.
Friday, July 12th: Thousands parade through Belfast. Armed paramilitaries are seen on the city's streets for first time in two years. A diplomatic row breaks out between Dublin and London over the handling of the Orange marches.
Saturday, July 13th: Factory worker Dermot McShane (35), dies after being run over by an armoured personnel carrier in Derry.
Sunday, July 14th: A car bomb at the Killyhevlin hotel in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh, injures 17 people. There is a third night of nationalist rioting throughout the North. The SDLP says it is pulling out of the Northern Ireland Forum. IRA denies responsibility for bomb.