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Interviews with Tony Holland and David Jones for ITN on 2 July 2000

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Video interviews with Tony Holland, chairman of the Parades Commission, and David Jones spokesperson for the Portadown Orange Lodge, for ITN on 3 July 2000. Earlier the Parades Commission had ruled that an Orange Order parade could not return from Drumcree to Portadown via the mainly nationalist Garvaghy Road. On 2 and 3 July rioting broke out between loyalist protesters and the security forces over the issue. Holland and Jones discuss the Parades Commission’s ruling.

Date of Release/Broadcast: 3 July 2000

Name of First Interviewee: Tony Holland

Name of Second Interviewee: David Jones

Role at time of Interview: Tony Holland (chairman of the Parades Commission), David Jones (spokesperson for the Portadown Orange Lodge)

Purpose: News

Media: Audiovisual

Copyright: ©2013 ITN All rights reserved

Link: Watch the video

Programme/Book/Article: ITN

Time Period covered: 2000

Key Individuals: Tony Holland, David Jones

Key Words: Drumcree, parade, Orange Order, Parades Commission

 

 

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