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Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. At the 2021 census, its population was 1,903,175, making up around 3% of the UK's population and 27% of the population on the island of Ireland. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the UK Government.
More on Wikipedia ↗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.
PORTADOWN, Northern Ireland, Sept 27 - Around 2,000 protesters blocked a Protestant parade from marching through the Catholic area of a Northern Irish town on Sunday, creating a standoff with both sides declining to disperse and police in between them keeping their distance. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Drumcree parade, which was associated with violent clashes during the Troubles, has been banned since 1998