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Monday, 08 February 2010

Parades working group announced

The working group comprised of six members will be set up immediately to deal with contentious parades.

First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness have confirmed who will sit on a six-member working group to examine parading.

The six Assembly members are Stephen Moutray, Nelson McCausland and Jeffrey Donaldson from the DUP, and Gerry Kelly, Michelle Gildernew and John O'Dowd from Sinn Fein.

Their first meeting will be held on Tuesday.

The group is to report back to the First and Deputy First Ministers in three weeks about agreed solutions to the issue of contentious parades.

Following the completion of a consultation process a bill will be finalised.

The First Minister and Deputy First Minister have said that they will support all necessary steps in the Assembly to ensure that the bill completes all stages before the end of 2010.

The current adjudication method of the Parades Commission will continue until the new arrangements are in place.

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At 07:14 on 09 February 2010, Heather wrote:

and the outcome will still be the same !!!! you can only march where mcguiness and co say !!!! pathetic !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At 22:44 on 08 February 2010, CHARLES wrote:

good, good, found safe and well, jefferey has turned up again !!. and he and "toothache" kelly are going to sort out the contentious parades, within a fortnight. If you believe that this is going to happen, perhaps you should also check on the fairies and leprachauns at the foot of the garden. If someone had written a play with the script we are seeing acted out now in that great political scrapyard on stormont hill, no one would have gone to see it, because it would have been viewed as to foolish to comprehend. what a bunch of 24 carat mobies we must endure!!.

At 22:32 on 08 February 2010, seamas wrote:

Sinn Fein deciding on whether an Orange Parade will be allowed. Harry Gracey must be spinning in his grave.