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Restrictions imposed on Ormeau Road parade

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The parade is prohibited from crossing Ormeau Bridge at its junction with the Annadale Embankment

The Parades Commission have imposed restrictions on a march by the Belfast Walker Club, a local branch of the Apprentice Boys of Derry, on the Ormeau Road.

The branch has been told it cannot walk down the mainly nationalist Lower Ormeau Road.

The parade is prohibited from crossing Ormeau Bridge at its junction with the Annadale Embankment or from entering that section of Ormeau Road between the junction of Ormeau Bridge and Annadale Embankment and the junction of Ormeau Road and Havelock Bridge.

The Commission received submissions from a number of groups and individuals, including the organisers, residents of the Lower Ormeau Road, residents of the wider area, the police and political parties.

Sinn Féin assembly member Deirdre Hargey said the "decision is the correct one".

"There was never any basis or justification for taking the community of the lower Ormeau Road back 27 years."