Orange Order rules out engagement with Taoiseach's Shared Island Unit 

Loyalist group claims the body was 'masquerading' as being about building relationships, but was in reality about 'talking up' the inevitability of a united Ireland

The Loyalist Orange Order's withdrawal from the Shared Island Unit will come as a blow to Micheál Martin, who let it to help foster better relationships between the North and the Republic. File picture

The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has ruled out further engagement with the Taoiseach's Shared Island Unit.

The Orange Order had not taken part in any of the unit's roundtable discussions, but there had been "general engagement" between the Government and the group.