 Talks are being held over two Orange marches |
A second attempt to get the Parades Commission to review its decision about a parade on Saturday has failed. The Orange Order request followed the commission's rejection of calls from the North and West Belfast Forum to review its Whiterock parade ruling.
Members of the forum and Orange leaders are due to hold separate meetings about the re-routing of the Belfast march through the old Mackie's factory site.
Earlier, Sinn Fein met the commission to discuss the parade.
Trouble in Ardoyne after Friday's Tour of the North parade was also discussed.
The Whiterock parade is the subject of a route restriction.
The Orange Order wants to go through Workman Avenue, off the mainly nationalist Springfield Road, instead of going through a former factory site.
Speaking after meeting the commission, North Belfast MLA Gerry Kelly said the Orange Order "needed to be stood up to".
"I made the point that last Friday's parade in Ardoyne was an absolute disaster which can only feed into the difficulties around the 12th of July, and indeed the Whiterock parade," he said.
"In addition, the interning of Sean Kelly has affected the whole atmosphere of these contentious parades in north Belfast."
'Emotive issues'
Last week, the commission heard evidence from the North and West Belfast Parades Forum, the Springfield Road Residents Action Group, the PSNI and local politicians.
On Wednesday the commission said it could not review its original ruling as it has not received any new information.
It said in a statement: "No new information has been provided to the commission as part of the review request and the commission is therefore not in a position to review the decision."
The commission said its ruling last week was a "genuine attempt to manage the many difficult and emotive issues" surrounding this year's Whiterock parade.
It said it wanted to "accommodate the concerns of the parade organisers and residents".
Last year, at the eleventh hour the commission reversed its original decision and allowed Orangemen to walk part of the route, with a number of conditions.
The Parades Commission was set up in 1997 to make decisions on whether controversial parades should be restricted.