RUC decides to reroute Orangemen

NATIONALIST residents have welcomed the RUC's decision to reroute an Orange Order parade on Sunday away from Lower Ormeau Road…

NATIONALIST residents have welcomed the RUC's decision to reroute an Orange Order parade on Sunday away from Lower Ormeau Road in south Belfast. Loyalists plan to hold a religious service in protest. A spokesman for the Orange Order condemned the RUC decision, saying it was time for nationalists to show some willingness to compromise. But a Lower Ormeau Concerned Community group spokesman urged the RUC and the Northern Secretary, Sir Patrick Mayhew, to make clear their position regarding future parades in the area this summer.