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DUP demands O'Neill resign after Portadown Orange parade blocked

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Deputy FM Blames O'Neill

First Minister Michelle O'Neill faced a DUP demand to resign after protesters blocked an Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road in Portadown, County Armagh.
The planned 27 September Orange Order march was called unwanted, sectarian and triumphalist by O'Neill.
Police opened an investigation into the unlawful protests that blocked the march.
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly accused O'Neill of putting Sinn Féin politics above ministerial duties.

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Legal Appeal Scheduled

First Minister Michelle O'Neill faced a DUP demand to resign after protests blocked an Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road in Portadown, County Armagh.
Protesters presented the blockade as a community effort to halt a sectarian march they say endangers local peace.
Parades Commission approved the march after nearly three decades, prompting resident legal challenges.
Residents have a fresh legal appeal scheduled for a Court of Appeal hearing on Monday.

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The Parades Commission approved the Orange Order march on Garvagh Road for the first time in nearly three decades, and residents have filed a fresh legal appeal scheduled for a Court of Appeal hearing on Monday.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

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Deputy FM Blames O'Neill

First Minister Michelle O'Neill faced a DUP demand to resign after protesters blocked an Orange Order parade on Garvaghy Road in Portadown, County Armagh.
The planned 27 September Orange Order march was called unwanted, sectarian and triumphalist by O'Neill.
Police opened an investigation into the unlawful protests that blocked the march.
Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly accused O'Neill of putting Sinn Féin politics above ministerial duties.

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