The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments is to receive an official complaint about an Orangeman serving on Northern Ireland’s Parades Commission, it emerged today.

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

The Police Service of Northern Ireland say that security measures for tomorrow's Drumcree Parade will be scaled down as it is expected that the parade will pass off peacefully.

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.

The Orange Order in Portadown, Co Armagh, has approved a proposal that they hope could resolve the long-running local dispute about the annual Drumcree parade.

The Orange Order in Portadown, Co Armagh is reportedly considering proposals to offer direct talks with residents of the nationalist Garvaghy Road in return for permission to hold a loyalist march through their area this year.

The Orange Order and nationalist residents are close to brokering an historic deal over the North’s bitter Drumcree parade dispute, it emerged today.

Nationalist residents in Portadown have reportedly refused to meet the local Orange Order to discuss this year's contentious Drumcree parade.

Northern Ireland was holding its breath today hoping the controversial annual Drumcree parade by Portadown Orangemen passed off peacefully.

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.

Portadown Orangemen have again been barred from marching down the nationalist Garvaghy Road during their annual Drumcree Parade.

Portadown Orangemen were tonight again barred from marching down the nationalist Garvaghy Road during their annual Drumcree Parade.

The Orange Order in Portadown, Co Armagh, has withdrawn from mediation talks with South African lawyer Brian Currin, blaming the intransigence of the Garvaghy Rd residents for the move.

Orangemen have set off on their annual Drumcree Parade urging their supporters to maintain a peaceful protest against the ban on their march.

The Northern Ireland Secretary says the eyes of the world will be on the Province in the run-up to the annual Drumcree Parade.

New efforts to end the tense Orange Order stand-off at Drumcree are doomed to failure, it has been claimed.