Parades Commission bans Garvaghy march

The Parades Commission has again banned the Orange Order from marching down Portadown's Garvaghy Road next Sunday.

The Parades Commission has again banned the Orange Order from marching down Portadown's Garvaghy Road next Sunday.

In keeping with decisions in previous years, the commission said the return leg of the Somme commemoration march to Drumcree will be banned from the nationalist road.

In a statement on its website, the commission said that it prohibits the march from "proceeding beyond Drumcree Parish Church, Drumcree Road, or entering that part of the route which includes the entire length of the Garvaghy Road, including Parkmount, and Victoria Terrace.

"The return parade shall retrace the outward route as detailed above or alternatively parade participants shall disperse no later than 2.30 pm from Drumcree Parish Church", the statement continued.