Sectarianism

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Carroll: Orange Order Should Read the Room and Walk Away

"There is no victory available here. 35 men walking a road where nobody wants them will not build a house, shorten a hospital waiting list or put a pound in anyone's pocket - in Portadown or anywhere else. The only thing it delivers is division"

5 Oct 2026

Community

Carroll: West Belfast Rally to Stand with Garvaghy Road Residents

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll will speak at a solidarity rally in west Belfast this evening, alongside Aamor Crofts (a resident of the Garvaghy Road) and Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan.

1 Oct 2026

Sectarianism

Carroll: Mediation Collapse Exposes the Failure of Power Sharing

Gerry Carroll MLA: "Power sharing was sold as the mechanism that would resolve exactly these kinds of disputes. Instead, a single Orange lodge with a grievance has brought the institutions to the brink in a week. This is the inevitable result of a system built on sectarian designation."

30 Sep 2026

Sectarianism

"Every elected representative on the Garvaghy Road was right to be there - First Minister included."

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll, who stood with residents on the Garvaghy Road this weekend, calls out the hypocrisy of DUP who have flip-flopped between support for the Parades Commission to condemnation. Standing together is nothing to apologise for.

28 Sep 2026

Sectarianism

Garvaghy Road Residents Have "Nothing left to compromise"

Gerry Carroll MLA has rejected the Secretary of State's call for compromise on the Garvaghy Road. "There is no halfway house between a community's right to live in peace and an attempt to dominate it."

27 Sep 2026

Community

People Power Stops Orange Order at Garvaghy - PBP Representatives Join Overnight Blockade

Gerry Carroll MLA, Paul Murphy TD and Dublin City Councillor Conor Reddy stood with residents blocking the Garvaghy Road overnight, into Sunday morning. "We welcome the news that the Orangemen at Garvaghy have been ordered back to Drumcree Church. But nobody here is under any illusions."

27 Sep 2026

Sectarianism

People Before Profit Support Garvaghy Road Residents in Portadown

People Before Profit members from across the country are in Portadown tonight in solidarity with the residents of Garvaghy Road as an appeal on the High Court decision is being heard in Belfast.

26 Sep 2026

Community

Garvaghy Decision a Shameful Capitulation to Unionist Pressure

Carroll: "Residents of the Garvaghy Road are resilient people who simply want to live in peace. They deserved better than this determination and they won’t take it lying down. Both British and Irish governments have sat on their hands. They should still act to prevent this march from going ahead."

25 Sep 2026

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Carroll: Garvaghy Road Residents "Won't Take this Lying Down"

People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll and Richard Boyd Barrett TD met with residents of the Garvaghy Road yesterday morning, ahead of the Orange Order's proposed march through the area this Sunday.

24 Sep 2026