2026-10-04 · Evening Standard
🔮 After being denied permission to march by the PSNI at lunchtime on Sunday, Portadown District master Nigel Dawson told the Orangemen they had the support of the community, and added: “We continue to abide by the law and continue to show that every single minute and every single hour of the day since we won the court case.
“And of course we still await – and it is important we say this, that we have a police service in Northern Ireland that are at this moment in time unable or unwilling to police a court judgment.”
A police inspector had told them the service recognises the Parades Commission decision was still in force but said it was necessary to close the road for the preservation of peace and order because of circumstances on Garvaghy Road. assertive