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Talks expected on Monday after Sinn Féin leaders join those on streets opposing decision to allow unionist parade for first time since 1998
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Town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Portadown is a town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The town stands on the River Bann in the north of the county, about 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Belfast. It is in the Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council area and had a population of about 22,000 at the 2021 Census. For some purposes, Portadown is treated as part of the "Craigavon Urban Area", alongside Craigavon and Lurgan.
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Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, who returned from the Labour Party conference for talks, urged both sides of the dispute to "double down on compromise".
Protesters who blockaded a road in a town in Northern Ireland to stop a contentious parade have mostly dispersed after being told by a community leader that a fresh process to address the dispute was ...
The attempt to hold the Protestant parade through a Catholic section of Portadown followed the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on the contentious route.