Listed below are a selection of press statements relative
to politics.
| Date |
Title |
Introduction |
|
19/01/06
|
Order
Says Victims Voice Must Be Heard |
The Orange Order
said today it would encourage its members to attend the
planned Victims Rally to be held in Dublin next month. |
|
7/09/05
|
Orange
Order Seeks Meeting with US Consul on Columbia Three |
THE ORANGE ORDER
has asked for a meeting with the US Consul in Northern
Ireland to discuss the future of the three IRA men convicted
of terrorist offences in Columbia. |
| 18/03/05 |
Orange
Order Hosts Meeting Between DUP And UUP |
The Orange Institution has confirmed
that it hosted a meeting today between the Democratic
Unionist Party and the Ulster Unionist Party.
|
| 12/05/03 |
County
Down Has Security Concerns |
County Down Grand Orange Lodge at its
Meeting on Saturday condemned the removal of two security
watchtowers in South Armagh.
|
| 31/03/03 |
Orange
Order Urges Government To
Wage War On"Backyard" Terrorism
|
The Orange Order today called on the
British Government to wage its war on terrorism at home
as well as abroad.
|
| 24/03/03 |
Best
Wishes To Our Troops
|
The Orange Order has sent a message
of solidarity and good wishes to British servicemen
and women serving in the war in Iraq.
|
| 08/11/02 |
Order
expresses rock-solid support for Gibraltar
|
Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland expresses
support for the people of Gibraltar in their desire to
remain British.
|
| 06/08/02 |
Parades
Commission Double Standards
|
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland accuses
the Parades Commission of double standards in their
comments about the Orange parade in Ardoyne on 12th
July 2002.
|
| 24/10/01 |
Decommissioning |
The Grand Lodge welcomes the beginning
of long overdue decommissioning of terrorist weapons.
|
| 21/05/01 |
Disgust
At Court Award |
County Armagh Grand Orange Lodge expresses
concern at the awards to families of I.R.A. terrorists
shot at Loughgall.
|
| 30/03/01 |
Human
Rights Commission |
Initial reaction to Human Rights report
on Parades.
|
| 25/29/00 |
Civic
Forum |
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has
expressed regret and amazement at the fact that its commitment
to community life in Northern Ireland has not been recognized
through appointment to the Civic Forum.
|
| 09/12/99 |
Opposition
To Minister Of Education |
The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has
expressed its revulsion and total opposition to the appointment
of Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness as Minister of Education
in the new Northern Ireland Assembly Executive.
|
| 16/11/99 |
No
Guns - No Government |
The Orange Order in County Armagh has
urged all unionists not to surrender to the demands
of Sinn Fein-I.R.A.
|
| 17/06/98 |
Sinn
Fein/I.R.A. Manipulation |
Sinn Fein/I.R.A. are manipulating certain
resident groups with a view to preventing or impeding
Orangemen in the exercise of their civil rights.
|
| 12/05/98 |
Grand
Lodge Rejects The Agreement
|
Since the publication of "The Agreement"
we have given it careful and detailed consideration.
We had hoped that it would offer such a real prospect
of peace that we could positively endorse it. Sadly
that has not been the case.
|
| 06/03/97 |
Sinn
Fein Presence In Residents Groups
|
The involvement of Sinn Fein in so called
Residents Groups opposing Orange Parades has been denounced
as a continuing part of the campaign of Ethnic Cleansing
against the Protestant people of Ulster.
|
| 05/03/97 |
Sinn
Fein Exposed - Again!
|
The revelations on last night's R.T.E.'s
Prime Time Programme should not have surprised anyone.
|
| 05/03/97 |
Message
from the Grand Secretary
|
The facts revealed last night by R.T.E.
on their Prime Time Programme would have been very revealing
to many people but not to the Senior Officers of the
Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland.
|
Press
Statements - Politics