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'Peaceful' Apprentice Boys march | |
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A parade by the Apprentice Boys of Derry has been held in Inverness for the second successive year. | |
The event marking the anniversary of the formation of one of the organisation's newest clubs has met opposition from Highland councillors. | The event marking the anniversary of the formation of one of the organisation's newest clubs has met opposition from Highland councillors. |
Inverness councillor John Holden had said the parade should be reconsidered, saying it sent out the wrong message. | |
Northern Constabulary said the event passed "peacefully and without incident". | |
Jim Brownlee, governor of the Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry, said there had been dialogue ahead of the march. | Jim Brownlee, governor of the Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry, said there had been dialogue ahead of the march. |
He said: "Any parade we have would engage a band, may be a flute band, may be an accordion band, may be a pipe band, but that's normal practice for the association. | He said: "Any parade we have would engage a band, may be a flute band, may be an accordion band, may be a pipe band, but that's normal practice for the association. |
"We are only too well aware of tensions in Northern Ireland that have crept into aspects of parading and we have addressed that." | "We are only too well aware of tensions in Northern Ireland that have crept into aspects of parading and we have addressed that." |