Andrew Madden

Storm around Anne Donaghy’s FoI breaches, DUP links and Glenarm project: Discover how emails, raids and costly council fallout led to her conviction

A senior member of the Orange Order in Portadown has called for the resignation of the Parades Commission chair.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said “confidence will be restored” in the Parades Commission, adding it is not for him to say whether there should be resignations.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said “confidence will be restored” in the Parades Commission, adding it is not for him to say whether there should be resignations.

One of Northern Ireland’s Parades Commissioners has resigned following a High Court ruling which quashed a determination over the Drumcree parade in Portadown.

Judgment was based on an FoI request not actually considered during case

Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has said it will “carefully consider” any “implications” arising from the conviction of its former chief executive Anne Donaghy.

DUP leader Gavin Robinson has said the resignation of one of the parades commissioners “cannot be the sole scalp in this story”.

The Portadown Orange Lodge has said it is “ready and willing to engage in mediation” over the Drumcree issue.

A file has been sent to the Public Prosecution Service as part of a police investigation into an ex-DUP mayor’s clothing expenses involving former Mid and East Antrim council boss Anne Donaghy, it has emerged.