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The Orange Order is claiming dissident republicans are attempting to heighten tensions ahead of the marching season in Northern Ireland.

Loyal Orders and Protestant marching bands contribute almost £55m annually to the Northern Ireland economy, according to a new report.

Delegates who have returned from talks in Wales aimed at improving police and community relations have pledged to continue dialogue in the coming weeks.

The Parades Commission chairman has urged parade organisers and local residents to engage in dialogue ahead of the marching season to ensure a peaceful summer.

Belfast City Council has said the Orange Order has approached them regarding the availability of a north Belfast venue on the Twelfth.

A loyalist band has broken a Parades Commission ruling not to play music past a Catholic church in north Belfast.

Up to 10,000 loyalists have taken part in a parade through Belfast to mark the centenary of the formation of the Ulster Volunteer Force.

Children who took part in a dissident republican parade in north Belfast over Easter were put in a "vulnerable position" by the adults who allowed them to be involved, Northern Ireland's Children's Commissioner has said.

Senior DUP members have met with the Parades Commission to discuss events at republican parades in Ardoyne at the weekend.

An Apprentice Boys parade has passed off peacefully in north Belfast following a security alert in the area.

Police are investigating reports that shots were fired at a republican parade in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast at the weekend.

Parades Commission chairman Peter Osborne has told UTV that responsibility for the weekend flag marches in Belfast lies with police, not them.

Over 1,000 people have taken part in a parade to mark the murder of two UDR soldiers in Belfast city centre 25 years ago.

The Parades Commission has issued a warning over illegal parades in the wake of comments made by a senior Orangeman on organising future marches.

Loyalist and nationalist parades have passed off peacefully in Londonderry.

A man accused of drunkenly antagonising nationalist residents during the Ulster Covenant parade in Belfast was given a three-month suspended jail sentence on Wednesday.

Police are investigating a number of alleged incidents after an Apprentice Boys parade passed a flashpoint in north Belfast as part of Remembrance commemorations.

North Belfast residents have expressed anger that the Parades Commission has ruled on an upcoming Belfast parade, despite ongoing dialogue with the Apprentice Boys.

The Apprentice Boys have held talks for the first time with a north Belfast residents committee ahead of this weekend's Remembrance Day parade in Belfast, it has emerged.

The Orange Order is to receive a grant of £3.6m from the European Union to develop two interpretative centres in Belfast and Co Armagh.

An Orange Order parade has passed St Patrick's Church in north Belfast without incident.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged in relation to rioting in north Belfast which broke out over a republican parade.

Parades Commission Chairman Peter Osborne says the cost of policing contentious parades in Northern Ireland is "unsustainable" and must be reduced through dialogue.

Bands are allowed to play hymns as they pass St Patrick's Church in Belfast during an upcoming Orange Order parade, despite claims that a similar ruling in the area was broken at a previous parade.

A self-confessed teenage rioter, who was dragged away from violent disorder in north Belfast by his mum, has told UTV why he set fire to a hijacked car and used it as a weapon to attack police.

Members of the Young Conway Volunteers, the band accused of playing sectarian tunes outside a Catholic church in Belfast on the Twelfth, have been arrested.

A 36-year-old woman has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon during rioting at a parade in north Belfast in August.

Five people have been charged in connection with rioting in north Belfast, including one man who has also been arrested on suspicion of breaching a parades commission ruling.

An SDLP delegation will meet the Parades Commission on Tuesday to discuss alleged breaches of rulings at the Ulster Covenant march.

The Grand Secretary of the Orange Order has apologised after a bandsman was pictured urinating at St Matthew's Church in east Belfast during Saturday's Ulster Covenant parade.

Police have praised the hard work carried out behind the scenes which ensured the peaceful passing of Saturday's Ulster Covenant parade in north Belfast.

Tens of thousands of Orange members and supporters have taken part in a parade through Belfast to mark the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant.

Thousands of people have taken part in a recreation of the signing of the Ulster Covenant at Belfast City Hall, before marching to Stormont during centenary celebrations.

A Carrick Hill resident has lost a last-minute High Court appeal to overturn a Parades Commission ruling on the Ulster Covenant parade taking place in Belfast on Saturday.

Carrick Hill residents will take High Court action on Friday morning in a last-minute bid for a review of the Ulster Covenant parade ruling.