An Orange Order march can take place in Portadown, Northern Ireland, on Sunday morning. The Orange Order is a Protestant group. The march will go along Garvaghy Road, a mainly Catholic and Irish nationalist area. A march there caused serious violence in the 1990s. This will be the first Orange Order march on the road in almost 30 years.

The Parades Commission first allowed the march on Friday. It said the march must start by 8:00 on Sunday morning. Only 35 people can take part, not the 60 people that the Orange Order wanted. A residents’ group asked judges to stop the march. One judge stopped it for a short time, but other judges later allowed it. At 2:15 on Sunday morning, Judge Michael Humphreys said the court must respect the commission’s decision.

Many local people gathered on Garvaghy Road on Saturday night. Some people blocked parts of the road, but the protest was mostly calm. Sinn Féin MP John Finucane said residents felt angry and afraid. Democratic Unionist MP Carla Lockhart said people should not celebrate the court decision. Police may now need to keep people safe during the march.