Apprentice Boys to march past flashpoint

The Apprentice Boys are to march past the Ardoyne shops despite a last minute plea from Sinn Fein to the Parades Commission.

The aim of the march is to show no community has the right to dictate who marches along the public highway.

Sinn Fein had asked the Parades Commission to reconsider its permission, in the view of its condemnation of the earlier behaviour of Orange followers on July 12th, but they declined.