Ardoyne

Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective Statement 24th March 2013

This coming Easter Monday the Apprentice Boys will once again have an unwanted sectarian triumphalist march through Ardoyne, Mountainview and The Dales against the wishes of the vast majority of local residents who remain opposed to such open expressions of sectarianism in their area. Permission for this march has been granted by the discredited Parades … Continue reading »

Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective Statement

GARC Statement in relation to PSNI differences in policing Loyalist protests as opposed to residents protests. For the past six week Loyalists, led by the UVF and various factions of the UDA, assisted by the Loyal Orders and Unionist politicians have been engaged in illegal roadblocks across the Six Counties with the vast majority taking … Continue reading »

Prisoners Month: Political Policing Continues

Updated Saturday 15th: Another Belfast republican, Pádraic Mac Coitir, has been arrested by British police. Here is a video of Pádraic speaking before his arrest. ————— This week has seen the arrest of three republicans, and friends of 107 Cowgate, in Belfast for taking part in a peaceful protest against a sectarian Orange march being forced through … Continue reading »

The Case Of Alan Lundy

By Irish Law and Democracy Committee The recent arrest and detention of Alan Lundy on the 14th July 2012 in relation to events in Ardoyne has raised serious concerns in the ILDC over the actions and intentions of the PSNI and the PPS. Alan Lundy was formally charged the following day in relation to allegations … Continue reading »

Ardoyne: ILDC Preliminary Report

The Irish Law & Democracy Committee has implemented and carried out its initiative for the Monitoring of Contentious Parades through the use of its Independent Human Rights Observers.The ILDC was monitoring events on the 12th July 2012 in Ardoyne. We have made a number of preliminary observations as result of its monitoring of events. They are as follows: … Continue reading »

Ardoyne Update: Lundy Family Statement

Lundy Family Statement 16/7/2012 Today our father, son and brother Alan Lundy was unjustly remanded in custody on two dubious charges of riotous assembly. The first of these charges relates to an incident that occurred seven years ago in 2005, and with the length of time between this incident and Alan being charged means we … Continue reading »

Ardoyne 2012 Documentary

Ardoyne Residents Statement

Greater Ardoyne Residents Collective Statement 12th July 2012 “GARC is a non party-political residents’ group that is there to serve and give a voice to all the people of Ardoyne, Mountainview and The Dales, in terms of opposing unwanted bigoted parades through our community by Loyal Orders. GARC is committed to peaceful, radical action in … Continue reading »