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| Sinn Fein calls on loyal orders to reroute Donegall St parades | Sinn Fein calls on loyal orders to reroute Donegall St parades |
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| Sinn Fein has called on the loyal orders to reroute parades past a Catholic church for the remainder of the marching season. | Sinn Fein has called on the loyal orders to reroute parades past a Catholic church for the remainder of the marching season. |
| Trouble erupted in Belfast on Saturday after the bands passed St Patrick's Church, Donegall Street, in defiance of the Parades Commission. | Trouble erupted in Belfast on Saturday after the bands passed St Patrick's Church, Donegall Street, in defiance of the Parades Commission. |
| The Orange Order has applied to march along the street in September for the centenary of the Ulster Covenant. | |
| Paul Maskey said the organisers needed to take the heat out of the situation. | Paul Maskey said the organisers needed to take the heat out of the situation. |
| Mr Maskey, the Sinn Fein MP for West Belfast said: "Saturday shows they cannot be trusted to parade either lawfully or respectfully. | Mr Maskey, the Sinn Fein MP for West Belfast said: "Saturday shows they cannot be trusted to parade either lawfully or respectfully. |
| "The Loyal Orders need to realise this, they need to take the heat out of this situation and they need to re-route themselves away from Donegall Street and St Patrick's Church for the remainder of the marching season." | "The Loyal Orders need to realise this, they need to take the heat out of this situation and they need to re-route themselves away from Donegall Street and St Patrick's Church for the remainder of the marching season." |
| Ulster Unionist Party leader, Mike Nesbitt MLA has said the growing tension over parading in Northern Ireland is a "symptom of the failure to agree a pathway to a shared future". | |
| "We cannot continue to lurch from one crisis to the next; the problems that continue to arise over parading are clear evidence that we need a real effort to deal with it, not more sound bites," he said. | |
| Bands defied the Parades Commission ruling not to play music while passing the church during a Royal Black Institution march on 25 August. | Bands defied the Parades Commission ruling not to play music while passing the church during a Royal Black Institution march on 25 August. |
| A number of protesters were separated from the march by a large police presence. | A number of protesters were separated from the march by a large police presence. |
| The Shankill Road-based Young Conway Volunteers band also defied a ruling which barred them from marching past the church. | The Shankill Road-based Young Conway Volunteers band also defied a ruling which barred them from marching past the church. |
| It had been filmed walking in circles outside the same church while playing a contentious song on 12 July. | It had been filmed walking in circles outside the same church while playing a contentious song on 12 July. |
| Meanwhile, Peter Osborne, the chairman of the Parades Commission, said that responsibility for parading should be a devolved matter, with local politicians determining how parades are managed. | Meanwhile, Peter Osborne, the chairman of the Parades Commission, said that responsibility for parading should be a devolved matter, with local politicians determining how parades are managed. |
| Speaking about the trouble in Belfast at the weekend, he said: "There were clear sensitivities involved with this parade. We issued a moderate determination." | Speaking about the trouble in Belfast at the weekend, he said: "There were clear sensitivities involved with this parade. We issued a moderate determination." |
| But Mr Osborne said that of about 4,000 parades held annually in Northern Ireland, the commission was involved in ruling on just 200. | But Mr Osborne said that of about 4,000 parades held annually in Northern Ireland, the commission was involved in ruling on just 200. |
| "At very few of them would there be breaches," he pointed out. | "At very few of them would there be breaches," he pointed out. |
| "The decision the commission makes are fair and balanced." | "The decision the commission makes are fair and balanced." |