Parades Commission appoints own barrister to carry out review

The Parades Commission has asked its own barrister to carry out a review of its processes.The parading body confirmed that Tony McGleenan KC will take charge of the review, which is separate from the probe recently ordered by Secretary of State Chris Bryant.The commission has been in crisis since a determination linked to this year’s Garvaghy Road parade was quashed at the High Court in Belfast after a legal challenge.During proceedings the powerful body conceded a procedural error in how it dealt with an annual application by the Orange Order for permission to walk along the nationalist Garvaghy Road.Analysis: Orange Order demands to walk Garvaghy Road opens up sectarian fault linesOpens in new windowLoyalist paramilitary groups support Drumcree Orangemen but insist there’s ‘no threat of