An Orangeman on Northern Ireland’s Parades Commission was today urged to resign after fresh questions were raised about his appointment.

The Orange Order's Drumcree march has passed off peacefully today for the third year in a row.

The Parades Commission has once again re-routed the Orange Order's annual Drumcree parade in Portadown, Co Armagh, this Sunday.

The district leadership of the Orange Order in Portadown has held its first ever bilateral meeting with the Parades Commission.

The Orange Order in Portadown is believed to have met with officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs to discuss this year’s Drumcree parade on July 4.

The Parades Commission in the North is believed to have organised a conference aimed at resolving the years-old dispute over the annual Drumcree march in Portadown, Co Armagh.

Northern security forces are preparing for the most contentious parade of the marching season.

The Parades Commission is due to issue its ruling on the contentious Drumcree march later today.

The Northern Ireland Policing Board was meeting today to shortlist candidates for the North's second most senior post in law enforcement.

Just under 1,000 people are believed to be taking part in today’s Drumcree march.

The Parades Commission has upheld its ruling that this year's annual Drumcree march cannot proceed down the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road.

The police officer in charge of dealing with this year’s Drumcree parade has said he is not expecting violent protests of the extent seen in previous years.

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams today appealed to members of his community not to do anything which would escalate tensions during what is likely to be a difficult marching season.

The Northern Ireland Parades Commission was due to announce today if it will overturn a ban on an Orange Order march through a nationalist area of Portadown.

The Northern Ireland Parades Commission today put on hold a decision whether or not to overturn a ban on this Sunday’s Drumcree Orange march.

The Orange Order in Portadown has rejected suggestions that it should follow another order's lead and talk to residents' groups over the Drumcree march.

There are fears among the nationalist community in the North that the disputed Drumcree March in Portadown will get the go-ahead.