Drumcree parade passes off peacefully

Updated: 22:51, Sunday, 5 July 2009

The annual Orange Order parade in Drumcree passed off peacefully, with the PSNI mounting the smallest operation in over a decade.

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Nine News: Eimear Lowe reports that a spokesman for the PSNI said it was the smallest police operation at the Orange Order march in Portadown in over a decade
Nine News: Eimear Lowe reports that a spokesman for the PSNI said it was the smallest police operation at the Orange Order march in Portadown in over a decade
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Six One News: Eimear Lowe reports that a spokesman for the PSNI said it had the smallest police operation at the annual Orange Order parade
Six One News: Eimear Lowe reports that a spokesman for the PSNI said it had the smallest police operation at the annual Orange Order parade

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The contentious march has been re-routed away from the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road by the Parades Commission since 1998.

Northern Ireland's First Minister, Peter Robinson, is to meet both sides to try to resolve the dispute.

However, a spokesperson for the Garvaghy Road Residents Association, while welcoming the development, said to his mind the issue had been resolved.

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