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Ardoyne march: Residents challenge parade ruling | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A court challenge over a decision to stop the return leg of an Orange Order parade in north Belfast on Saturday is under way in the High Court. | |
A judge is considering an application by a resident of Twaddell Avenue opposing the Parades Commission ban. | |
The contested route passes a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates unionist and nationalist communities. | The contested route passes a stretch of the Crumlin Road that separates unionist and nationalist communities. |
Meanwhile, a separate court challenge by a member of a nationalist residents' group did not go ahead | |
The resident sought to challenge the outward parade on 12 July morning but legal aid was refused. | |
The Parades Commission placed restrictions on the return leg of the march on the afternoon on 12 July, but unionists strongly objected to that ruling. | |
The nationalist resident objecting to the outward parade is a member of the Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective (GARC). | |
The individual was seeking a judicial review of the Parades Commission decision to allow the march to pass along the disputed section of road on Saturday morning. | |
Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson said he was glad that the determination made by the Parades Commission was now going to be tested before the courts. | Progressive Unionist Party leader Billy Hutchinson said he was glad that the determination made by the Parades Commission was now going to be tested before the courts. |
"We must now wait for the outcome of this review," he tweeted. | "We must now wait for the outcome of this review," he tweeted. |
Meanwhile, unionist party leaders and the Orange Order have jointly called for unionist protests against the ruling to be peaceful. | Meanwhile, unionist party leaders and the Orange Order have jointly called for unionist protests against the ruling to be peaceful. |
The Parades Commission, last week, ruled that the Ligoniel Orange Lodge should not make a return parade along the stretch of the Crumlin Road on 12 July. | The Parades Commission, last week, ruled that the Ligoniel Orange Lodge should not make a return parade along the stretch of the Crumlin Road on 12 July. |
It is the second year in a row that such a ruling has been made. | It is the second year in a row that such a ruling has been made. |
Several nights of rioting took place after the same parade was stopped from returning along the road last year, with scores of officers injured. | Several nights of rioting took place after the same parade was stopped from returning along the road last year, with scores of officers injured. |