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Chris Bryant bans Drumcree Orange Order parade

newsOct 10, 202638464

Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has banned the Orange Order parade at Drumcree from marching down Garvaghy Road in Portadown after an almost two-week stand-off between Orangemen and nationalist residents. Chief Constable Jon Boutcher asked Bryant to review the Parades Commission determination, saying it would not be possible to enable the procession without a major intervention that would carry an unacceptable risk of serious injury, disorder and a wider contagion effect across Northern Ireland. The Parades Commission told Bryant it now believes its original determination does not have enduring legal effect in light of the chief constable’s assessment, and Bryant concluded the procession cannot go ahead as determined for public safety. Sinn Féin and the SDLP welcomed the decision, while the DUP leader said Bryant must explain what his government will do to restore confidence in the rule of law. Breandán Mac Cionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition said the outcome was a win for residents but “tinged with sadness and with loss.” Boutcher warned that any police operation to force the march through would have required substantial public order intervention with catastrophic long-term consequences for trust in policing and for the peace process. The Parades Commission said it hopes the dispute can be resolved through constructive engagement between those concerned.

mimij9.bsky.social
@mimij9.bsky.social

NI secretary to ban the Drumcree parade www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Good! Outdated nonsense

8715h ago
Diana7

I like the current vibe of Labour. What with closer ties to Europe, electoral reform, a double lock pension and now an end to antagonistic parades. They are tackling the big issues other parties have sidestepped for too long.

ilpenseroso.bsky.social1

It’s a shame it took this long to decide it “was not in the public interest.” It never was. And it’s a shame that an unelected loudmouth -Bryson - with links to paramilitaries was able to hijack the loyalist position and exercise so much influence over elected politicians.

Gillian Brockell
@gillianbrockell.com

Now surely the Orange Order crowd who have been going on and on about upholding the law for two weeks are going to respect this, right? www.thejournal.ie/drumcree-par...

4415h ago
Eoghan Daltun 🌍
@irishrainforest.bsky.social

Brilliant. Orange Order parade down nationalist Garvaghy Road banned. share.google/KXJOSVGlP8xA...

554h ago
Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

statement from NI Secretary saying the parade would not forward. here is the news www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...

3014h ago
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
@sundersays.bsky.social

SoS for Northern Ireland Chris Bryant determines that Drumcree parade can not go ahead, after police request to review the decision, after all lawful and proportionate means to facilitate it had been exhausted. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2612h ago
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)14

“This isn’t a time for triumphalism or claiming victories or anything like that,” said the taoiseach, Micheál Martin. “Those on the unionist, loyalist side will look at this through a different prism. We need to be conscious of that. We need to acknowledge that.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Belfast Telegraph
@belfasttelegraph.co.uk

BREAKING | The Secretary of State has banned the Orange Order parade along the Garvaghy Road from going ahead. Sir Chris Bryant made the announcement on Friday night.

1115h ago
baldprick.bsky.social2

Good enough for the shysters that brought this back.

Bill Drees2

The move by @duponline.bsky.social to wind the clock back to the 1970s-1990s was chilling.

The Tailor Quigley2

So what to Jamie and Carla think about the rule of law now???

Another Green
@anothergreen.bsky.social

Glad to see this, no time for Chris Bryant, but the pressure from residents and their allies has been over whelming www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1515h ago
Irish Literary Times
@irishlittimes.bsky.social

'Great relief' for Garvaghy Road residents after Drumcree parade banned www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

1414h ago
Micheál Martin
@micheal-martin.bsky.social

The announcement by Secretary of State Chris Bryant regarding the Parades Commission’s determination in relation to Drumcree will come as a significant relief to the community on the Garvaghy Road.

1115h ago
Quoting this
Uilliam Mac G ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ28

Suggs from Madness did more to get this over the line than MM did.

Philip O'Connor23

... says the fella who wouldn't stand with that community. Go, and don't come back.

Lilith Ferreyra-Carroll21

Why does he get to make a statement on this? He did fuck all

BlackVelvetBand4

Get to and I can’t stress this enough fuck

nlwa.bsky.social
@nlwa.bsky.social

It’s not in anybody’s interest for any political or religious party to march anywhere in Ireland. Just sit back and enjoy the Guinness….Sláinte www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

184h ago
Lisa O’Carroll
@lisaocarroll.bsky.social

Chris Bryant bans Drumcree parade after PSNI request “Earlier today the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland made an application to me under Section 9 of the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act

1314h ago
Ireland against Fascism
@irlagainstfascism.bsky.social

Such pathetic crybabies! The only ones applying mob-rules is the Orange Order and their violent thugs FFS www.thejournal.ie/orange-order...

113h ago
T-Rexit
@t-rexit.bsky.social

Well done Mr Bryant RTÉ News: NI Secretary to ban Orange Order Drumcree parade www.rte.ie/news/2026/10...

1115h ago
End Deportations Belfast
@enddbelfast.bsky.social

This was decided by people power, from those who refused to be dragged back decades by dark forces hellbent on destabilisation, supremacism & hate. ❌ Confidence in policing. ❌ Trust in Parades Commission. ❌ Irish Gov’s demand for an ‘agreement’. ❌ British courts. ❌ UK Gov’s calamitous inaction.

514h ago
Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️
@lalegault.bsky.social

Some good news for a change: I am so happy to hear this for the 🇮🇪 residents of Garvaghy road!!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

712h ago
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