Chris Bryant said he had been unable to find a solution to the standoff. Photograph: Zoe Head-Thomas\/PAView image in fullscreenChris Bryant said he had been unable to find a solution to the standoff. Photograph: Zoe Head-Thomas\/PANorthern Ireland secretary Chris Bryant bans Drumcree paradeProspect of contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road has led to a two-week standoff in PortadownThe Northern Ireland secretary, Chris Bryant, has announced he will ban the contentious Drumcree parade.Bryant said it had not been possible to find accommodation between the Orange Order and the nationalist residents of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown. The standoff between the two sides has lasted almost two weeks.The Parades Commission ruled two weeks ago that the march could pass along the Garvaghy Road with restrictions in place.skip past newsletter promotionafter newsletter promotionArtists including Noel Gallagher show support for Garvaghy Road residents in Drumcree disputeRead moreBut the parade from Drumcree church into Portadown did not happen because of a large protest on the road.Bryant told PA Media: \u201cEverybody will have seen over the last two weeks that there\u2019s been a major standoff and a difficult situation in Drumcree and Portadown.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been trying to find a solution to that standoff.\u201cI\u2019ve had both sides of the argument, both the Garvaghy Road residents and the Orange Order, in. We\u2019ve been talking it through, trying to find a solution, and unfortunately we\u2019ve not been able to do that.\u201dHe added: \u201cEarlier today, the chief constable of the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) got in touch with me and asked me to look at the original determination by the Parades Commission to see whether it should still stand, and I\u2019ve looked at the changing situation in Portadown, the fact that it\u2019s very difficult for that procession to proceed, and I\u2019ve decided that it\u2019s not in the public interest for it to proceed, and I\u2019ve therefore banned the procession.\u201dExplore more on these topicsNorthern IrelandNorthern Irish politicsChris BryantnewsShareReuse this content<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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