Thousands of protesters gather in Portadown, Co. Armagh, to block a loyalist Protestant Orange Order parade on the Garvaghy Road. The first minister, Michelle O'Neill, is reported to attend the protest as demonstrators stop the march through the area.
The reports describe a tense stand-off around the long-disputed parade route, with the crowd assembling in significant numbers and physically preventing the procession. One outlet frames the event as the first loyalist parade in three decades, highlighting the scale of opposition and the presence of senior political leadership. Other coverage focuses on the confrontation itself—protesters attempting to halt the march and the disruption to the parade as authorities manage the situation.
