An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2026-09-16
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

The Orange Order has applied to march down the Garvaghy Road on 27 September. This reopens an issue that caused years of deep confrontation, fear and trauma for the Garvaghy Road community - a community, by the way, that enjoys the right to live free from sectarian harassment. For 28 years, the Garvaghy Road has been free from an unwanted march. This hard-won progress cannot be put at risk. I have written to the Taoiseach on this matter, as has Upper Bann MLA and minister, John O'Dowd, and the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition. We appreciate the Taoiseach cannot interfere with an independent statutory process but we are asking him to listen to the community directly. Can he either travel to the Garvaghy Road prior to 27 September or, perhaps more realistically, receive the Garvaghy Road residents in Dublin before 27 September to engage directly with them?

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