Leas-Uachtarán Shinn Féin Michelle O’Neill has strongly condemned the decision by the Parades Commission to force an Orange march through the Garvaghy Road community.
Ms O’Neill said, “There is no reasonable or logical basis for the Parades Commission’s announcement that permission has been granted to force an unwanted Orange march through the Garvaghy Road community this Sunday.
“For 28 years, the Garvaghy Road community has lived in peace, and the people of that community have been able to get on with their lives.
“28 years of peace was not a problem that required a solution. It was a peace that needed to be protected.
“This march is steeped in a history of hate, sectarian violence, and murder.
“People right across the North are absolutely dismayed.
“Sinn Féin stands fully with the Garvaghy Road community, and they will have the full support of Nationalists from right across Ireland in the period ahead.”
