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| Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and Portadown Orangemen held face-to-face talks last week, it has emerged. | Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams and Portadown Orangemen held face-to-face talks last week, it has emerged. |
| Orangemen have been banned since 1998 from parading down the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road during their annual parade from Drumcree church. | Orangemen have been banned since 1998 from parading down the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road during their annual parade from Drumcree church. |
| Mr Adams said: "We had an informative and useful discussion about Orangeism and its place in modern Ireland." | Mr Adams said: "We had an informative and useful discussion about Orangeism and its place in modern Ireland." |
| Portadown district master Darryl Hewitt said they hoped the talks could help to resolve the long-running dispute. | Portadown district master Darryl Hewitt said they hoped the talks could help to resolve the long-running dispute. |
| "We have to wait and see what developments, if any, come out of it," he said. | "We have to wait and see what developments, if any, come out of it," he said. |
| Before 1998, attempts to ban the parade from going down the road resulted in loyalist rioting both in Portadown and across Northern Ireland. | Before 1998, attempts to ban the parade from going down the road resulted in loyalist rioting both in Portadown and across Northern Ireland. |
| However, when the 1998 march was forced through the Garvaghy Road it sparked republican rioting. | |
| Mr Adams said he made it clear there was "no rationale for an Orange parade along the Garvaghy Road" and "urged them to involve themselves in a process of inclusive dialogue" with residents. | Mr Adams said he made it clear there was "no rationale for an Orange parade along the Garvaghy Road" and "urged them to involve themselves in a process of inclusive dialogue" with residents. |
| "For a number of years I have written to the Orange Order offering dialogue around the issue of contentious parades. Recently representatives of the Portadown Orange sought to meet with me," he said. | "For a number of years I have written to the Orange Order offering dialogue around the issue of contentious parades. Recently representatives of the Portadown Orange sought to meet with me," he said. |