The North's first minister, Peter Robinson, is trying to start talks between both sides in a long-running dispute over an Orange parade through the Catholic part of Portadown, Co Armagh.

Police in the North were forced to use CS spray when trouble broke out following an Orange parade in Co Antrim last night.

This year's annual Orange parade at Drumcree has passed off without incident, with its local leadership calling for mediation with local nationalist residents.

A controversial Orange Order parade passed off peacefully in Belfast today, but a senior official called for talks to end the deadlock over future marches.

Fresh trouble broke out between rival nationalist and loyalist groups tonight.

The DUP leader Ian Paisley told an Orange parade this afternoon that political compromise in the North would be the road to disaster.

Four youths were being questioned today over clashes at an Orange Order march that left two people injured.

Police in the North say they're hoping for a peaceful Orange parade in Belfast tonight but have contingency plans put in place in the event of violence.

SOME have made excuses for the recent riot by arguing that the unionist parade shouldn’t have been held because it was provocative. This is the same excuse that was made against the publication of the cartoons of Mohammed.

Unionist political leaders were accused today of “almost soliciting” the loyalist violence which erupted in Northern Ireland a week ago.

The SDLP has condemned apparent plans by the Orange Order to apply for a re-run of last Saturday's contentious parade in west Belfast.

Tensions are high in Belfast ahead of a disputed Orange parade through the city.

The DUP leader Ian Paisley has warned that police in the North may not be able to handle events if the Orange Parade is not allowed to take its intended route on Saturday.

Nearly 90 people were injured in serious rioting in north Belfast after a contentious Orange Parade, police said today.

Riot police moved into a village today as a new stand-off developed between Orangemen and nationalist protesters in Northern Ireland.

Police in the North announced today that they’ve decided to downgrade security at this year's Drumcree Orange parade in Portadown.

Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has said he won't be putting any pressure on former republican prisoners to steward next Tuesday's contentious Orange parade in Ardoyne.

A CHURCH of Ireland Rector, forced to leave the North after vicious threats and intimidation from the Orange Order, spoke out last night about the controversial invitation to Order members to march in Cork’s St Patrick’s Day Parade.

Northern parties are criticising the handling of an Orange parade in north Belfast last night.

A controversial Orange parade in the North today passed off peacefully on its way to the annual Twelfth of July demonstrations.

Northern Ireland’s chief constable expressed optimism today that the summer marching season would pass off peacefully.

The High Court in Belfast has rejected an appeal from a nationalist resident in Ardoyne, North Belfast, for a re-routing of an Orange parade during tomorrow's Twelfth demonstrations.

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

British Prime Minister Tony Blair was under intense pressure from unionists tonight to face down republicans over street violence after a rural police station in Northern Ireland came under attack from masked youths.

Riots have broken out in West Belfast after a controversial Orange parade was allowed to pass through the mainly Catholic Springfield area.

The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, the Reverend Ian Paisley, says that he hopes there will be no violence at the upcoming Orange Parade at Drumcree.

Republicans have been accused of deliberately escalating violence after another night of clashes in the North overnight. Two police officers were injured and a house destroyed during the latest incidents in east Belfast.

Police and troops are being drafted into west Belfast in advance of a controversial Orange Parade.

The Parades Commission is to decide later today whether or not to overturn an earlier decision to re-route a contentious Orange parade tomorrow.

Orangemen today condemned restrictions imposed on a controversial parade in a flashpoint area of west Belfast.

Sinn Fein assemblyman Gerry Kelly has been awarded £9,000 in an out of court settlement against the RUC for head injuries sustained during a protest against an Orange parade last June.