Parades body condemns attacks on Orange halls

The North's Parades Commission yesterday expressed its concern at attacks on Orange halls.

The North's Parades Commission yesterday expressed its concern at attacks on Orange halls.

Commission chairman Roger Poole said: "Since July 2007, my colleagues and I have watched with growing concern the apparently orchestrated campaign of attacks against Orange halls around Northern Ireland.

"In the course of the committee's work they had gained a clear understanding of the importance of Orange halls to many within the community....We, therefore, have a very clear understanding of the anger, frustration and hurt that these attacks cause."