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Protesters Block Orange March Through Catholic Town
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- Sep 27, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC
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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".
Crowd gathered on Garvaghy Road on Sunday to protest against a court ruling allowing the march.
Around 2,000 protesters blocked the way into a Catholic area in a Northern Irish town that a Protestant parade was due to walk down on Sunday morning (September 27) after the lifting of an almost 30-year ban on a route that was a flashpoint of sectarian disputes.