Thousands of members of the Orange Order have been taking part in the annual twelfth of July celebrations in Northern Ireland.
There was a stand-off for several hours between nationalist protestors and police in the Co Antrim village of Dunloy.
The protestors had sat on the main street and refused to move.
However, after discussions involving senior PSNI officers and the Sinn Féin chief negotiator, Martin McGuinness, police moved in to remove the protestors.
The stand off ended peacefully.
The residents were protesting at plans for the local Orangemen to drive cars into the village to lay a wreath at a Presbyterian church, saying Orangemen would turn the ceremony into a march.
There was also trouble in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast after the controversial orange parade made its way back from the city centre.
At one point, nationalist protestors clashed with police.
However, the area has returned to relative calm.
Earlier in the Ardoyne area, some 50 nationalists had sat on the road to protest against the Orange march. The protestors were removed by police in riot gear, but the protest was peaceful.
Last year loyalists and nationalists pelted each other with missiles in Ardoyne as the Orangemen passed through the staunchly Catholic area after the day's festivities in the city centre.
Also in north Belfast several hundred police backed up by British soldiers staged a major security operation along the Crumlin Road.
Peaceful Derry parade
In Derry, the 12 July parade through the city, the first for 13 years, has so far passed off peacefully.
Over 3,000 Orange Order members and 40 bands marched through the city centre and back to the mainly loyalist Fountain estate where the main demonstration is taking place.
Last night the PSNI Chief Constable, Sir Hugh Orde, appealed for calm and said hundreds of riot police were on standby if trouble broke out.
Fire destroys premises
In overnight incidents, 300 residents were evacuated from an area of east Belfast as a commercial premises was destroyed by fire after a bonfire ruptured a gas main.
And two police officers were injured near a bonfire in east Belfast while trying to assist a man who was being seriously assaulted. The incident occurred near Woodstock Link around 3.30am.
A PSNI spokeswoman said the police were flagged down to help the man who was being beaten. She said the officers were overwhelmed by the crowd and one was assaulted and had his firearm and radio stolen.
Extra police resources were sent to the area to clear the crowd and calm was restored.
Elsewhere, police say fire damage was caused to an Orange Hall in Newcastle, Co Down early this morning.
A PSNI spokeswoman said the arch at the entrance to the building was set on fire around 3.15am. Police believe the cause was malicious.
