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Date Time Secretary of State appoints new member to parades commission for Northern Ireland The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Right Honourable Brandon Lewis CBE MP, has announced the appointment of William Gamble to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland. Mr Gamble will take up the appointment with effect from 1 February 2021. Mr Gamble now works as a Strategy Consultant following his retirement as a senior civil servant in the Northern Ireland Civil Service. During his civil service career, he held roles including Head of Good Relations & Reconciliation Division in the Of...

PSNI and Garda officers were out in force at the border near Newry yesterday to keep an eye on a cross-border anti-lockdown motorcade. An anonymous poster circulating on social media had called for motorists to take part in a 'Car Convoy' from Dublin Airport to Newry and back to the GPO in Dublin's O'Connell Street. "Come and be part of history," the poster urged. "Get the tank full and take a Sunday Spin like no other. North and South come together for freedom." A social media video showed a tailback of cars at a roundabout outside Newry. In another video clip, an unidentified male voice sa...

Date Time Secretary of State appoints new members to Parades Commission for Northern Ireland The appointment of a new Chair, The Very Reverend Dr Graham Forbes, and four of the Commissioners, Derek Wilson, Marian Cree, Eimear McAllister and Joe McVey will take effect on 1 January 2021. A further Commissioner, Joelle Black, will take up the appointment with effect from 1 April 2021. These appointments will be for three years. Background The Parades Commission for Northern Ireland was established in 1997 and took on its full powers in 1998 through the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Act...

The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Right Honourable Brandon Lewis CBE MP, has announced the appointment of a new Chair and Commissioners to the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland.