IN his feature article headlined ‘Sectarian wind up’ (Irish Examiner, June 26), Niall Meehan seems either to ignore or conveniently forget the facts surrounding the killing of Protestants in the west Cork area in the 1920s.

A member of the North's Parades Commission whose membership of the Orange Order sparked a legal action has stepped down from the organisation.

One of two Orangemen in the North appointed to the Parades Commission has resigned.

Former Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble has accused elements within the Orange Order leadership of conspiring to damage the peace process.

Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain today defended the appointment of an Orangeman to the Parades Commission after it emerged he supplied the name of a nationalist politician as a referee without ever consulting her.

Sinn Féin and the SDLP have both expressed concerns about the new make-up of the Parades Commission announced by the British government yesterday.

Loyalist gangs have engaged in a third consecutive night of rioting throughout Belfast and surrounding areas following the re-routing of a contentious Orange Order parade.

A senior Orangeman in Belfast reportedly took part in discussions in recent weeks with a leading republican.

THE DUP’s Cllr Nelson McCausland is a leading member of the Orange Order who thinks his ‘Romanist’ neighbours aren’t even Christian. He has said so openly.

THE controversial invitation to the Orange Order to take part in Cork’s St Patrick’s Day parade still stands, a festival spokesperson said last night - despite a storm of controversy.

A PSNI paperwork blunder led to the collapse of public order case against a senior Orangeman, according to a report by the Police Ombudsman, Nuala O'Loan.

ONLY time will tell if this week’s elections will mark a watershed in Northern politics. It looks like the Democratic Unionists will be the biggest party in the new Assembly, with the right of selecting the First Minister.

Senior police officers are today deciding how long to keep security barriers in place preventing the Portadown Orangemen from completing their traditional route back from Drumcree church.

Polling has continued heavy across the North this afternoon with people turning out early to ensure they can cast their vote.

A veteran loyalist was under fire today for urging the RUC to stand up for ‘‘their own Protestant people’’ in the Drumcree parade dispute.

Westminster MPs today issued an appeal to Orangemen in a bid to draw them into the decision-making process over parades and avert another summer of civil disturbances in Northern Ireland.