Orange Order must stop being aloof from change

By Jim Gibney (for Irish News)

The RUC has gone. The UDR was disbanded.The RIR dissolved. British military bases across the north were dismantled. Political prisoners were released. Republican and loyalist organisations decommissioned their weapons and called an end to their armed campaigns. Nationalists and unionists are working power-sharing institutions on an all-lreland basis.

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