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Sinn Féin to co-operate with PSNI over Garvaghy Road protest, says Mary Lou McDonald
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Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald has stated that her party will co-operate with any potential police investigation regarding the unnotified protest on the Garvaghy Road over the Portadown District Orange Lodge march. The protest has sparked a political standoff, drawing criticism from the DUP while Sinn Féin leaders argue they are standing with the local community against a controversial decision by the Parades Commission.
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- Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald confirmed the party will co-operate with the PSNI over any investigation into the Garvaghy Road protest.
- The protest began after a Parades Commission ruling allowed a Portadown District Orange Lodge march to proceed with restrictions following a legal challenge.
- Sinn Féin leaders Mary Lou McDonald and Michelle O'Neill attended the protest, which police have described as unnotified and illegal.
- The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) condemned Sinn Féin's participation, with deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly calling it a complete abdication of leadership.
- The historical Drumcree dispute centres on long-running tensions regarding Orange Order marches along the Garvaghy Road.
