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SIGNIFICANT STEPS towards a resolution of the 12-year Drumcree parade stand-off have been taken at Stormont.

First Minister Peter Robinson held ground-breaking talks with Breandan Mac Cionnaith of the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition and indicated afterwards that face-to-face talks between the residents and the Orange Order could take place soon.