After two weeks of protests, the Irish community succeeded in preventing the Drumcree parade that was scheduled to pass through Catholic neighbourhoods in a small town in Northern Ireland.

After two weeks of protests, the Irish community succeeded in preventing the Drumcree parade that was scheduled to pass through Catholic neighbourhoods in a small town in Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State cancelled the event, which was organized by the Orange Order, a pro-British organization open only to Protestants. The Irish diaspora had denounced the march as a deliberate attempt to…

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