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The Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland has issued the following
statement:
"Over the past few months the Orange Institution has
been working with the PSNI to ensure the smooth running of
our parades.
"We wish to thank the police, in all areas, and at all
levels, for their professionalism.
"Our parades in 2010 were extremely well organised and
very successful and hundreds of thousands of people enjoyed
them as an expression of our religion and culture.
"In north Belfast a small number of republicans chose
to attack the police when they were protecting a legal Orange
parade and there was republican violence in other parts of
Northern Ireland.
"We totally condemn the attacks on the PSNI and hope
that the injured officers are all able to make a full recovery
and return to duty as soon as possible."
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