01/10/2009

Orangeman Dominate Glasgow Marches

One of Scotland's major cities hosts more Orange Order parades than Belfast.

Just days after Strathclyde Police's management body reported concerns over the cost of policing Glasgow parades, (see: Glasgow Orange Parades Policing Queried) another report has said that the city now has more loyalist and republican marches than Belfast.

According to figures just revealed, there were 247 loyalist or republican parades in Glasgow, compared with 217 similar demonstrations in Belfast.

The earlier report said there were 1,061 processions last year, which required 50,000 hours of police time and that the bill came to £1.7m. It also said there were 96 arrests.

While there are other marches besides the loyalist and republican ones, including the Boys Brigade, May Day and Scottish CND, loyalists have the most and the Orange Order has the largest.

More than a third of the money during the last financial year was spent on the main Orange parade in Glasgow.

The new study said that the resources of Scotland's largest police force are being stretched by the growing number of marches and parades.

The reports said a "disproportionate number of officers" were being deployed with "no means of cost recovery".

(BMcC/KMcA)

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