Thousands of protesters blocked a key route through a predominantly Catholic neighborhood in Portadown on Sunday, preventing a scheduled march by the Protestant Orange Order organization from passing through the area for the first time in 28 years.
The standoff follows a ruling by Northern Ireland’s High Court that permitted the parade along Garvaghy Road, reviving one of the region's historically contentious marching disputes.
The court decision rejected a final challenge brought by local residents after Northern Ireland’s Court of Appeal overturned a temporary injunction granted a day prior.
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