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PA Media / GRRC chairman Breandán Mac Cionnaith and Orange Order district master for Portadown Nigel Dawson arrived separately for talks Members of the Portadown Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition (GRRC) have arrived separately at Hillsborough Castle for further talks on the Drumcree parading dispute. The Orange Order delegation included Nigel Dawson, district master in Portadown, and loyalist activist Jamie Bryson who has been acting as their legal adviser. GRRC chairman Breandán Mac Cionnaith said he did not know what to expect from the latest round of discussions. On Tuesday, lawyers for the GRRC issued a fresh legal bid to try to prevent the march from going ahead. It was due to be heard on Friday but has been postponed until Monday to allow for more talks involving the secretary of state. On Sunday, an Orange Order parade from Drumcree church did not take place due to a large protest on the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road. Protesters have remained on the Garvaghy Road, although in much smaller numbers, and the Orange Order has maintained a presence at Drumcree Church, about a mile away. On Thursday evening, Mac Cionnaith said "the British government know what our position is," as the residents' group arrived at the castle gates. "The Orange Order know what our position is," he added. "I'm here to represent my community. That's all I have to say." The Orange Order delegation made no comment to reporters as the group walked through the gates of the castle grounds. Both the Orange Order and the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition (GRRC) were given a document during separate meetings with Secretary of State Sir Chris Bryant on Wednesday. Earlier, Dawson said they were shown a discussion document in relation to the Drumcree dispute, but stressed it was "not a proposal". The chairman of the residents' coalition said his group would agree to it, if the Orange Order did. Dawson said on Thursday that the document shown to him "was very much an opening document and I read the document and there was nothing in it that moved the situation forward at all". "And the document has now been removed from the table," he added. Sir Chris has been involved in discussions with the Orange Order and Garvaghy Road residents since Monday. Face to face talks are currently taking place involving both the Orange Order and later the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition. It is understood that both parties on Wednesday signed a confidentiality agreement after being presented with a document from the government. On Thursday, The Nolan Show revealed details of what was in the document that was presented to both sides in the dispute. BBC News NI understands that it said the Orange Order had the legal right to walk along the Garvaghy Road; that the residents would accept that legal entitlement and publicly accept that it was wrong to block the Orange Order from walking down the Garvaghy Road - but in return the Orange Order would choose not to walk down the road. Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson would not discuss the details of the proposal but told the Nolan Show that he supported the Orange Order's "determination and their dignity in the face of hostility and lawbreaking". "In rejecting what is there doesn't mean that is the end of a discussion, nor does it mean it is the end of a successful conclusion," he said. "But it does mean that this process is maybe not as optimistically quick as some may have hoped." Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) Chief Constable Jon Boutcher discussed the dispute at a public meeting of the Policing Board in Belfast on Thursday where he said the policing operation over the dispute has cost about £3m so far. He described the situation as "challenging" - but said that despite "very significant tensions" there had been no violence. The consequences of police forcing an Orange Order march down the Garvaghy Road "could be catastrophic" for Northern Ireland, Boutcher added. During the meeting, it also emerged that the Policing Board has launched a code-of-conduct investigation into one of its members, Sinn Féin's Deirdre Hargey. She was pictured taking part in an unlawful protest against the march on the Garvaghy Road on Sunday. PA Media / Former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams met The Mary Wallopers, as they performed a concert in the Garvaghy Road area on Thursday afternoon What happened on Wednesday? First Minister Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin has been accused by the DUP of breaking the law by taking part in protest on Sunday. In response, O'Neill said that if she was investigated then "so be it - that's the chief constable's job". The Sinn Féin deputy leader returned to the Garvaghy Road on Wednesday to give further support to protesters. Members of the Orange Order held face-to-face talks with Boutcher on Wednesday evening. Nigel Dawson, the district master of the Orange Order in Portadown, told Orangemen outside Drumcree Church that they had received confirmation that the ruling allowing the parade was still active. Some time later, Orangemen again attempted to set off on their walk from the church but were stopped at police lines. GRRC chairman Breandán Mac Cionnaith also met the chief constable. "We got the chief constable's position, he got our position," he said. "He, like ourselves, is aware that there is a process under way at Hillsborough and he is not going to do anything to jeopardise that process either, like ourselves." How did we get here? PA Media / Protesters spent more than a day along the Garvaghy Road, with the road blocked at a number of points on Sunday 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, mainly Catholic or nationalist areas. The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcr

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中文标题： 北爱尔兰Drumcree游行争议谈判在希尔斯堡城堡恢复

波特当橙带党与加瓦吉路居民联盟代表分别抵达希尔斯堡城堡，继续就Drumcree游行争议谈判。居民方此前的法律申请延至周一。周三双方获政府文件并签保密协议，但橙带党称文件已被撤下。北爱警务负责人称警力行动已耗资约300万英镑，局势紧张但无暴力，强行让游行通过加瓦吉路可能带来灾难性后果。

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  • 发布时间：2026/10/2 04:09:21