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PA / Orange Order members and supporters gathered near Drumcree Parish church on Sunday, as police vehicles were stationed nearby Hundreds of protesters blocked a road in Portadown on Sunday after a contentious Orange Order parade was given late-night clearance to march down it for the first time in almost 30 years. Following a series of legal challenges, a ruling by the Parades Commission permitting the Drumcree parade down the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road was upheld in an "unprecedented" sitting of the High Court in Belfast. Northern Ireland's First Minister Michelle O'Neill joined the protesters, while members of the Orange Order and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politicians gathered about a mile away, waiting for the road to clear. DUP leader Gavin Robinson said O'Neill was breaking the law by protesting. He said the first minister had "broken her pledge of office". Pacemaker / Orangemen were waiting in the Drumcree church hall for the go-ahead to proceed down the Garvaghy Road "It is shameful that we see on the streets of Portadown, a first minister, a collection of ministers and series of elected representatives who are participating in an unlawful protest, who are blocking the road and who are giving two fingers to the police, the courts and the rule of law," Robinson added. Sinn Féin has been contacted for comment. Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant, who returned from the Labour Party conference for talks, urged both sides to "double down on compromise" and said "nobody should be attending an unlawful protest", but he added it was not his job "to decide whether somebody has or hasn't broken the law". In the 1990s, the Drumcree parade sparked some of the most serious disorder in Northern Ireland's history. 'We aren't going back', says residents' coalition Breandán Mac Cionnaith addressed protesters on Sunday night Addressing protesters as they cleared the area on Sunday night, Breandán Mac Cionnaith from the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition said he would be meeting the chief constable and Northern Ireland Secretary on Monday. "The last 48 have been a long 48 hours for everybody," he said. "We said they weren't getting down and we stopped them getting down." Having "stopped them once", Mac Cionnaith said the process now "is to make sure we stop them permanently". Residents are "not going in to deals", and they "aren't going back", he said but warned the dispute is going to "drag on for a while". 'We haven't got a solution yet' Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has said he is determined to keep on working and talking with people Sir Chris met politicians from the DUP, the Alliance Party, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) in relation to the Drumcree dispute on Sunday evening, but Sinn Féin said, while they had agreed to meet, the form did not suit the secretary of state. Sir Chris said he had been in discussions with Michelle O'Neill on Sunday evening in relation to the dispute. On Sunday night, Sir Chris responded to the SDLP's call for an international mediator in relation to the dispute, and said he is "giving consideration to anything that anybody comes up with". He confirmed he has had discussions with all the main political parties in a bid to get a resolution to the Drumcree dispute, but added that "we haven't got a solution yet". PA / Portadown District Master Nigel Dawson speaking on his phone as Orange Order members and supporters gathered near Drumcree Parish Church He said he is determined to keep on working and talking with people. "There's a few ideas around about things we might be able to do and I'm happy to explore those and I'll continue those conversations tomorrow," he added. Earlier, on the Garvaghy Road, First Minister Michelle O'Neill urged protesters to stay on the road until at least midnight. "The reason the parade has not come down this road thus far is because you are here, and we need you to stay the course, we need you to stay here to 12 o'clock tonight at least," she said. The crowd on Garvaghy Road had started to disperse on Sunday evening The Orange Order, the most prominent of the loyal orders associated with Protestants in Northern Ireland, holds thousands of parades every year and the vast majority pass off without incident. However, many Catholics see the marches as sectarian and object to them passing through, or close to, Catholic or nationalist areas. The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcree route, but by the mid 1990s nationalist residents protested against the parade. When the Orange Order was prevented by police from walking down the route in July 1995, there was a tense stand-off. It was the same for the next three years. Violence related to the dispute resulted in riots, roadblocks and murders across Northern Ireland. In 1998, the newly-established Parades Commission ruled that the Orange Order should not march down the road - a decision upheld until Friday. PA Media / Hundreds of people had blocked the Garvaghy Road earlier in the day Protesters started gathering on the Garvaghy Road in the early hours of Sunday, after the final court decision. Police are monitoring the situation and dozens of armoured vehicles arrived in the town. They have called on protesters to clear the route. The march was meant to begin no later than 08:00 BST, but police told the Orange Order that the road was not clear. Members of the Portadown District Lodge are waiting in a hall at Drumcree Parish Church. They intend to walk from there down the Garvaghy Road to Carleton Street Orange Hall in the town, where supporters are waiting for them to arrive. Nigel Dawson, Portadown District Master of the Orange Order, said on Sunday night that they are waiting patiently "for the police to fulfil their legal obligations" in relation to the parade. He added that they continued to engage with the police and they would remain at Drumcree. DUP leader accuses Sinn Féin first minister of breaking

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中文标题： 抗议者封锁争议性的奥兰治会游行后散去

数百名抗议者在波塔当封锁道路，阻止近30年来首次获准通过加瓦吉路的奥兰治会游行。北爱首席部长奥尼尔参与抗议，DUP领袖批评其违法。北爱事务大臣呼吁妥协，称尚无解决方案。

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