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Sep 4, 2026
Enda McClaffertyCORRESPONDENT
But we always end up meeting reality head on.
Enda McClaffertyCORRESPONDENT
whenever we leave it for a week or two or a month or two, and then all of a sudden the culture wars re-emerge, as they have done now over Drum Cree.
Enda McClaffertyCORRESPONDENT
And added to the complication, of course, we have political parties now on an election footing, Chris, and that energises even more when you have something like Drum Cree on the horizon now and back firmly at the top of the news agenda.
Enda McClaffertyCORRESPONDENT
All of that gets played into the mix and we're going to get lots of that between now and next May.
Enda McClaffertyCORRESPONDENT
Not least, of course, we know there's going to be more rows about Irish language.
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Adam WatersGUEST
They have felt that there has been a chipping away at sort of their cultural identity.
Adam WatersGUEST
It's not the be all and end all.
Adam WatersGUEST
Are people going to, is it going to drastically improve somebody in the Shankill's life that the Orange Order may be able to walk down Drum Cree? But ultimately, on working class communities on either side of the wall, these culture is important, right? It's, you know, it is, when people don't have a lot, they cling on to.
Stephen NolanHOST
Politics in this place, so important, right? You're encouraged as a citizen in Northern Ireland to get involved in politics and citizenship and use your vote to decide how this country should be run.
Stephen NolanHOST
Are you being treated with respect or are you being treated like fools? Drum Cree, for example.
Stephen NolanHOST
The chair of the Parades Commission promises to release minutes of their last determination.
Stephen NolanHOST
Evelyn Collins just hasn't done so.
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Diane DoddsGUEST
There needs to be a full explanation of what happened and how the Prairie Commission have been conducting its business.
Diane DoddsGUEST
There needs to be that rebalancing of rights so that one community cannot hold a veto over another.
Diane DoddsGUEST
And for those who say that this is a drum creed issue, oh, I thought that was settled a long time ago.
Diane DoddsGUEST
Remember, there has been this parade every single Sunday since for 20-odd years.
Eamonn TorsneyCORRESPONDENT
in Belfast, in Queens.
Eamonn TorsneyCORRESPONDENT
And even though the focus was on County Armagh, focus on Drumcree, that violence, as you say, spread across the North.
Eamonn TorsneyCORRESPONDENT
It convulsed the North.
Eamonn TorsneyCORRESPONDENT
And as well, after the ruling that banned the parade, some listeners may remember the fact that then the loyalists kind of went, that's it, or the Orange Order said, okay, we're just not going to notify anybody about parades.
Shane ColemanHOST
We're joined now by DUP MP Carla Lockhart.
Shane ColemanHOST
Carla, Carlo, why is this being revisited 28 years on? What's the thinking behind revisiting this dispute, this standoff?
Carla LockhartGUEST
Well, Portadown District for 28 years have held a peaceful and dignified protest at the hill in Drumcree, obviously outlining and showing their dissatisfaction at the Parades Commission's continued prohibition of them parading on the Gervachie Road.
Carla LockhartGUEST
The Parades Commission obviously were taken to court by by a member of the district just before this year's determination.
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The Stephen Nolan Show!
Stephen NolanHOST
Right, well, another day about Drum Cree.
Stephen NolanHOST
Legal action being threatened, then the press conference setting out the Orange Order's position on what they're going to do.
Stephen NolanHOST
They're going to reduce their numbers if they get to walk down the Gervaki Road.
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Stephen NolanHOST
The point is the Commission, in the same paragraph that you're talking about, promise to make a decision each time individually.
Jamie BrysonGUEST
They promised to release the minutes last Thursday as well.
Stephen NolanHOST
The last sentence you're referring to, they say it is only through genuine dialogue that a situation could be created which would allow for the possibility of the annual drum creed parade completing its notified route in full.
Jamie BrysonGUEST
There you go.
Gerry AdamsHOST
The Parade Commission decisions and opposition of the local community have seen to that.
Gerry AdamsHOST
Last week, the Drumcree and Garbahie Road issues jumped back into the media when the High Court in Dublin quashed a determination by the Praise Commission to ban this year's Drumcree march.
Gerry AdamsHOST
It did so because of a procedural flaw in how the decision was reached.
Gerry AdamsHOST
The High Court decision did not clear the way for an Orange March down Garbahie Road, but it did lead to an increase in the sectarian bombast that has long been part and parcel of political unionism in the Northern state.
Jim AllisterGUEST
Has it? Yes, it is.
Jim AllisterGUEST
You know, for 28 years, every Sunday, orange men have gathered at Drumcree, walked to the barrier.
Jim AllisterGUEST
Now, that's a manifestation, if ever there was, that this issue isn't going away.
Jim AllisterGUEST
Now, so what this would...
Vicki HawthorneHOST
Today, Sir Chris Bryant has ordered an independent, judge-led review of the Parades Commission.
Vicki HawthorneHOST
It follows last week's High Court ruling on the Drum Cree Parade.
Vicki HawthorneHOST
Last night, the Portadown Orange Lodge said it will not be making any deals as part of its attempts to walk down the predominantly nationalist Garvacchi Road.
Vicki HawthorneHOST
It's expected the Lodge will make an application later this week for a new drum creed parade.
Michael McKernanPANELIST
Hello, Tim.
David McCannHOST
On the podcast today, we are discussing a high court ruling which quashed the decision by the Parades Commission to put in place restrictions on the annual parade at Drumcree outside Portadown.
David McCannHOST
We're looking at what has happened and why does it matter, then we will be taking your questions.
David McCannHOST
It's been too long, and for that, that is my fault.
David McCannHOST
So all that and more is coming up on this edition of Storm and Sources.
David McCannHOST
Now, on to the podcast proper.
David McCannHOST
The High Court quashed a decision to impose restrictions on an annual parade at Drumcree.
David McCannHOST
For those of you who don't know where Drumcree is, it is just outside the town of Portadown.