The OrangeOrder is considering changes to its Belfast parades, including shortening the route.
According to the document, the Belfast County Grand Lodge undertook a review after describing last year's parade as "abysmal"The Orange Order is considering changes to future Twelfth of July parades in Belfast, according to an internal document seen by BBC News NI.The field - where speeches are given -would be axed from the event.
According to the document, the Belfast County Grand Lodge undertook a review after describing the 2022 parade as "abysmal".It starts at Carlisle Circus at 10:00 BST and goes through the city centre, reaching the field at Barnett's Demesne at about lunchtime.The document stated that the review was commissioned "in the aftermath of the abysmal and unacceptable Twelfth of July in 2022".
The paper went on to say the current format was "too long" and caused "a significant amount of knock-on consequences". It proposed that from 2024, a "circuitous route" be introduced, beginning and ending at Carlisle Circus.The document stated the route would be reduced by approximately six miles.Image caption,
Mervyn Gibson, the Grand Secretary of the Orange Order, says the organisation reviews parades for a "host of reasons"Approached for comment, the Reverend Mervyn Gibson, grand secretary of the Orange Order, said: "We are always reviewing our parades for a host of reasons."It will be a matter for Belfast County Grand Lodge after listening to a wide range of views."
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