Portadown District LOL No 1
Below meetings from March 2000 to Present

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It is frequently but incorrectly stated that the Orange Institution is not committed to dialogue.

Portadown District LOL No I has gone to enormous lengths in a bid to broker what would objectively be considered a fair and honorable resolution of the Garvaghy Road Parade.

In an attempt to resolve the situation regarding their Traditional Parade home from Drumcree Parish Church via the Garvaghy Road, a road they have walked for almost two hundred years. Portadown District together with representatives of County Armagh Grand Lodge and the Grand Lodge of Ireland have had discussions with a wide and influential range of people over a sustained period.

The list of people and groups they met is numerous and includes: -

The Prime Minister The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair M.P.
Secretaries of State
Members of Parliament
Members of the House of Lords
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Northern Ireland Office Ministers
The Main Church Leaders
Local Politicians
Senior Police Officers including the Chief Constable
Civic Leaders
Prominent Members of the Business Community
Local Church and Business Representatives
Conflict Resolution Analysts

From March 2000 to present day
District Officers continue to apply themselves to finding a just,
honorable and lasting solution to the Garvaghy Road Problem and have had discussions with: -

March 2000
Meeting with Backbencher MPs visiting Portadown
Meeting with PR Consultants

April 2000
Meeting with Secretary of State at Hillsborough Castle

May 2000
Meeting with Grand Lodge Officers
Meeting with Brian Currin
Special County Meeting
Special Meeting with Portadown Lodges
Meeting with Senior Police in Portadown
Correspondence with Prime Ministers office

June 2000
Half day spent with Brian Currin
Special District Meeting
Case put to Friends School Lisburn
Meeting with Representatives of Business Community
Meeting with Legal & Political Representatives

July 2000
Meeting with Grand Master
Regular Meetings with Legal Team
Meeting with First Minister

August 2000
Met with Lord Molyneaux & Rev M Smyth NP
Several Meetings with Brian Currin

October 2000
Meeting with Local Councillors

November
Special District Meeting

January 2001
Meeting with Brian Currin

February 2001
Attended Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Correspondence with Brian Currin

District Officers continue to highlight the stand taken by the District Lodge in defence of their Civil and Religious Liberties through meetings, written correspondence and press releases