Thousands of Orangemen and women and their supporters have been on the march in the North today to commemorate the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.

The Irish Government has called on both sides of the sectarian divide in the North to exercise restraint during next week's Orange Order parades in the wake of the London bombings.

The North’s tourist industry is losing a massive two hundred and fifty million pounds a year because of sectarian violence linked to annual Orange parades.