SF urges Orangemen to open talks with Ardoyne residents

Sinn Féin has appealed to the Orange Order to open dialogue with nationalist residents opposed to the organisation's parade in north Belfast next Tuesday.

The Parades Commission has allowed the march to proceed through the nationalist Ardoyne area and Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams has warned of a real potential for violence.

In the past, republican activists have prevented nationalist youths from attacking the parade and its supporters.

However, Mr Adams has indicated that these activists are no longer prepared to act as stewards following the arrest of Shankill bomber Sean Kelly after violence at a march earlier this year.

The Sinn Féin leader has said lives could be at risk Tuesday and he has called on the Orange Order to learn from the experience in Derry, where loyalist marches have passed off peacefully as a result of agreements reached with local nationalist residents.