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Six One News: Declan McBennett reports that the invitation to participate was issued today by the Northern Secretary, Peter Hain
The Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams, has written to the leaders of the loyalist parade organisations in Northern Ireland requesting a meeting ahead of the main marching season.
Mr Adams said dialogue between the loyal orders and Sinn Féin could help prevent a repeat of the serious violence which surrounded a number of loyalist parades last year.
The loyal orders in a statement said that as a demonstration of the reality behind Mr Adams's words they would expect to see the highly controversial Drumcree Orange parade in Portadown allowed to march down the nationalist Garvaghy Road.
