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Loyalists: Orange Order should talk to nationalists | Loyalists: Orange Order should talk to nationalists |
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Loyalist residents in north Belfast have asked the Orange Order to engage directly with a nationalist residents' group in Ardoyne in north Belfast. | Loyalist residents in north Belfast have asked the Orange Order to engage directly with a nationalist residents' group in Ardoyne in north Belfast. |
The move comes ahead of a Twelfth of July parade next week. | The move comes ahead of a Twelfth of July parade next week. |
In a statement, the Twaddell and Woodvale Residents' Association called on three local Orange lodges to meet the Crumlin and Ardoyne Residents' Association. | In a statement, the Twaddell and Woodvale Residents' Association called on three local Orange lodges to meet the Crumlin and Ardoyne Residents' Association. |
They said they were doing so having watched "peaceful parades" recently. | |
The Twaddell and Woodvale Residents' Association said they were calling for engagement with nationalist residents' groups to build on the "positive environment". | |
The statement only made reference to discussions with the Crumlin and Ardoyne Residents' Association (CARA). | |
Orange response | Orange response |
It is one of two residents' groups that opposed parades at Ardoyne in the past. | |
There was no mention of the second group, the Greater Ardoyne Residents' Collective (GARC). | |
There was no immediate response from the Orange Order, although it is thought the organisation may respond on Friday. | |
There has been serious violence at Ardoyne in previous years after opposition to the Twelfth feeder parade in the area. | There has been serious violence at Ardoyne in previous years after opposition to the Twelfth feeder parade in the area. |
Nationalists have always called for face-to-face talks in an attempt to come to a local agreement. | Nationalists have always called for face-to-face talks in an attempt to come to a local agreement. |
Neither CARA nor the GARC residents' group could be contacted for comment last night. | Neither CARA nor the GARC residents' group could be contacted for comment last night. |
The Loyalist residents' initiative was welcomed by Rev Heather Morris, president of the Methodist Church in Ireland. | The Loyalist residents' initiative was welcomed by Rev Heather Morris, president of the Methodist Church in Ireland. |
"I would, with the residents' association, encourage the three local Orange lodges to engage directly with the Crumlin and Ardoyne Residents' Association ahead of the Twelfth of July parades," she said. | |
"Such dialogue, if entered into mutually, may indeed prevent a repetition of the yearly riotous situation which surrounds this area of north Belfast. | |
"Such dialogue could pave the way for a trouble-free day." |