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

Today's Drumcree Orange Order Parade in the North has ended peacefully despite members being barred from the most contentious part of the route.

NORTHERN Ireland Parades Commission chief Roger Poole and its Protestant members yesterday faced calls for them to stand down after Orangemen were banned from marching down a nationalist area.

Northern Ireland Parades Commission chief Roger Poole and its Protestant members today faced calls for them to stand down after Orangemen were banned from marching in a nationalist area.