Amy Stewart
BBC News NI

Thank-you for joining our live page on developments in the ongoing Garvaghy Road parade dispute.

This page was written by Barry O'Connor, Adam Mandeville, Conor Neeson, Lili Busby and edited by Fiona Murray and Amy Stewart.

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Lili Busby
BBC News NI

Around lunchtime it was revealed that The Parades Commission has ruled that an Orange Order parade at Drumcree can go ahead with a number of conditions attached.

• It will see them march down the Garvaghy Road with no music, and no more than 35 people, including the marshals, taking part, amongst other conditions., external
• The Parades Commission had been deliberating on whether the parade would be allowed along the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road.
• Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition, who say they are furious with the decision, are challenging the decision.
• A crowd gathered outside the High Court in Belfast where politicians told the crowd the hearing will happen on Saturday morning at 11:00am.
• Politicians also reacted with Michelle O'Neill saying the decision had "no reasonable or logical basis", with the Democratic Unionist Party's leader Gavin Robinson calling it a "significant and long-overdue breakthrough".

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The crowd gathered at Belfast High Court has heard from a number of speakers.

Breandán Mac Cionnaith, of the Garvaghy Road Residents’ Coalition and Catherine Nelson of Sinn Féin tell the crowd that the court case will go ahead tomorrow morning.

Nelson says the hearing will take place at 11am and there will be a community meeting this evening.

Catherine Doyle
BBC News NI

For a number of years in the 1990s, the Drumcree parade dispute was one of the biggest stories in Northern Ireland - and then, for 28 years, it fell out of the public eye.

Now, almost three decades on, the parading row, which sparked some of the most serious public disorder in Northern Ireland's history and was linked to several murders, is back in the headlines.

It reemerged after a court case in which a ruling by the Parades Commission - the organisation formed during the Drumcree dispute to decide on contentious marches during Northern Ireland's parading season - was overturned.

Now the commission, in a change to their July ruling, has decided to let the Orange Order proceed with a march down the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road this Sunday.

But a residents' group is challenging that.

Read more about the history of the parade and how we got to today here.

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The Justice Minister Naomi Long says that the Parades Commission's determination needs to be respected.

She say it is a matter of regret that it "did not prove possible to achieve a mediated or agreed accommodation in respect of the proposed Drumcree Orange Order parade".

"There will clearly be differing views on the determination: however, it is important that all involved keep their public pronouncements respectful and temperate."

She adds that those in leadership in particular need to avoid saying or doing anything that could send a signal that a determination is ever justification for anything other than peaceful protest.

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And back in Portadown, Irish tricolour flags are flying from lampposts on the road that is at the centre of this dispute.

Banners protesting against the parade are also visible on the Garvaghy Road today.

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Kelly Bonner
BBC News NI

Meanwhile in Belfast, all eyes are on the High Court as about 100 people have turned up to support Garvaghy Road residents.

They plan on seeking a judicial review to stop the march planned for Sunday.

Sinn Féin representatives are among the crowd.

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Mark Simpson
BBC News NI

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The Orange Order have applied to walk this route over 1,000 times since the late 1990s.

So why did the Parades Commission say yes this time?

Well they don't spell it out concisely, but they make a number of points.

That the Orange Order has been flexible - when the Parades Commission said to them, hypothetically, what if it was fewer than 60 people? The Orange Order said fine.

What about if it was earlier? The Orange Order said fine.

The Parades Commission also pointed out that, in recent years, these planned parades have not had any association with violence.

However, there will be very deep resentment and disappointment among members of the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition.

We’re expecting a delegation from the coalition to try and launch a legal challenge this evening.

The one organisation we haven’t heard from is the Orange Order – it might be because they know this is a delicate, sensitive situation.

Jayne McCormack
BBC News NI political correspondent

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The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, has appealed for calm in relation to the Drumcree parading dispute.

Speaking to BBC News NI, Burnham said it was a matter that had been “independently determined” and that it was not for him to cut across the commission.

“They've made their decision, but the issue now is to ensure that there is calm.”

Asked about the potential effect on community relations he replied: “I appreciate it's easy for me to to say that from where I'm sitting, and I know there'll be strong feelings in Northern Ireland, and I know the first minister has concerns.

"I mean, obviously, I will ensure that the Northern Ireland secretary, well, I'm sure he already is in in touch with her, but that's the right way to handle those things.

“It’s not for politicians to say what should or shouldn't happen because that's why we have a Parades' Commission. So it's really important that I don't cut across that.”

Our colleagues on Radio Ulster will be bringing you the latest on the Drumcree story on Evening Extra.

You can listen to the programme by clicking the "listen live" button at the top of this page.

Adam Mandeville
BBC News NI

If you're just joining us, here's what has happened today:

• The Parades Commission announced that a planned Orange Order parade is to be allowed on the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown.
• The commission said the parade on Sunday should start earlier than the Orange Order wanted and with fewer people.
• No more than 35 people will be allowed to take part in the parade, which will depart from Drumcree Church no later than 08:00 BST and will disperse from Carleton Street Orange Hall no later than 09:30.

• No bands may participate in the parade during any part of its route, and only the banner of Portadown Orange lodge may be carried or displayed during the parade as it proceeds along any part of the Garvaghy Road.

• Breandán Mac Cionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition said residents are shocked and angry.
• Democratic Unionist Party leader Gavin Robinson described the decision as a "significant and long-overdue breakthrough" and Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows described the determination as "significant".
• First Minister Michelle O'Neill said there is "no reasonable or logical basis" for the Parades Commission's decision, while Social Democratic and Labour Party leader Claire Hanna said she is "stunned" by the decision.

The Irish government says it is "very concerned" with the determination.

It adds that it is "conscious of the very difficult and traumatic history associated with parades on the Garvaghy Road" and it "does not want to see a return to the divisions of the past".

"That would be a retrograde step.

"Government officials have been liaising closely with residents in the area."

It says it is "aware that an appeal of the determination is now likely. It is important that all parties continue to respect the legal process as they have done to date".

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Loyalist activist Jamie Bryson, who is acting as an adviser to Portadown District Orange Lodge, gave his initial reaction on X.

"For the first time in 28 years, the Portadown District will walk their traditional route along the Garvaghy Road this Sunday.

"A seismic shift. The first ever positive determination obtained from the Parades Commission in nearly three decades."

Breandán Mac Cionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition says residents are shocked and angry.

"The community are fearful about what will happen over the weekend and are applying to the High Court in Belfast to overturn the decision," he told Irish broadcaster RTÉ.

''I don't know what's going to happen here on Sunday, but I do know a precedent has now been set that reopens the whole [issue of marches] in this year right across the north.

"What's going to happen in Derry for the next march - these places that have reached agreement with the loyalist orders? So all those marches where agreements were made are literally being torn up by the Parades Commission decision."

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In a statement, Alliance Party deputy leader Eóin Tennyson says he is "disappointed" by the Parades Commission's decision, and called on "all concerned to act responsibly, engage respectfully and abide by the conditions set out".

“The deeply painful history of the Drumcree dispute has had a lasting impact on local residents and community relations.

“I have argued that restrictions should remain in place to allow more time for mediation."

Tennyson adds that there is now a "bigger question for the Orange Order".

"Having established the right to parade, will it now reflect on whether exercising that right in these circumstances is the right thing to do? Refraining from doing so would demonstrate grace and generosity, and a commitment to good relations.

“A generation has grown up without the division and confrontation of the Drumcree years. We should not allow this moment to pull our community backwards."

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For a few years in the 1990s, the Drumcree parade dispute in Portadown was one of the biggest stories in Northern Ireland.

Orange Order members took part in the parade - the Order is a Protestant organisation which takes part in thousands of parades across Northern Ireland every year.

The biggest day of the marching season is 12 July when they commemorate William of Orange's victory over the Catholic King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

However, many Catholics see the marches as sectarian and, in the 1990s, there were disputes over those that passed through, or close to, Catholic or nationalist areas.

The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcree route, but by the mid 1990s nationalist residents protested against the parade.

In 1998 the newly-established Parades Commission ruled that the Orange Order should not march down the road and that has been its position up until today.