South Belfast residents plan protest against Apprentice Boys march

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 17:02 · Archive

Residents in South Belfast have applied to hold a protest as the Apprentice Boys plan to march through the area in November.

Residents in South Belfast have applied to hold a protest at the same time the Apprentice Boys plan to march through the area on 7 November. The Lower Ormeau Concerned Community has applied to the Parades Commission to hold a demonstration between 7.30am and 10am involving up to 1,500 people. The Belfast Walkers Club, connected to the Apprentice Boys of Derry, has applied to march from Ballynafeigh Orange Hall to Donegall Pass via the Ormeau Road, starting at 9.30am with 80 members and one band.

The proposed route would see the march cross Ormeau Bridge, which has not been allowed since 1999. The parade route would take it past the Sean Graham's bookmaker's building, where five people were murdered by a UDA/UFF gunman on 5 February 1992. A memorial to those who died has been vandalised twice in recent months. Sinn Féin MLA Deirdre Hargey has called on the Parades Commission to restrict the march.

The Parades Commission is due to make a decision this week on whether to approve the march. The decision comes after the Parades Commission approved a march on Garvaghy Road in Portadown for the first time in 28 years.

South Belfast residents plan protest against Apprentice Boys march — Image: Belfast Telegraph

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Lower Ormeau Road residents apply for demonstration to rival loyalist paradeBelfast Telegraph · 26 Oct, 16:24
Residents apply to hold protest at same time as controversial Ormeau Road paradeThe Parades Commission is due to make a decision on the parade and associated protest this week.Belfast Live · 26 Oct, 11:52

In this story: Belfast Walkers Club · Apprentice Boys of Derry · Lower Ormeau Concerned Community · Parades Commission · Ormeau Road · Deirdre Hargey · Belfast

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