'This is madness': Garvaghy Road blocked by protesters against Orange Order parade amid calls for calm 

Protesters block the Garvaghy road.

Thousands of protesters have blocked the predominately nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown in a bid to prevent a contentious Orange Order parade passing.

A ruling by the Parades Commission adjudication body permitting the march from Drumcree Church was upheld in an “unprecedented” late night sitting of the High Court in Belfast just a few hours earlier.