The DUP has accused the Northern Ireland secretary of 'disgraceful appeasement' after a decision to stop an Orange parade from following its route. The march in question would have taken Orangemen along the Garvaghy Road, a route tied to some of Northern Ireland's bitterest parading disputes. Party figures argued the ban amounts to giving in to objectors rather upholding a lawful tradition. The Garvaghy Road in Portadown became internationally known during the Drumcree standoffs of the 1990s, when loyalist marches and counter-protests repeatedly brought the area to a standstill. Restrictions on contested parades are normally set by the Parades Commission, which weighs community tensions before imposing conditions. This time the anger has been aimed squarely at the secretary of state personally. Nationalists and residents' groups have long claimed that marches through what is now a largely Catholic housing estate amount to provocation. The row looks set to keep parading tensions at the top of the political agenda.