Loyalists to stage rerouting protest

Loyalist marchers are expected to stage a protest at the Ormeau Bridge in Belfast on Sunday following an RUC order that a planned…

Loyalist marchers are expected to stage a protest at the Ormeau Bridge in Belfast on Sunday following an RUC order that a planned "Protestant civil rights march" down the Lower Ormeau Road must be rerouted. Lower Ormeau residents had said they would resist any attempt to force a parade through their area.

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