A LOYALIST parade through a mainly nationalist village in Co Antrim passed off peacefully last night.
More than 20 bands were due to take part in the march through Rasharkin, which has been at the centre of a long-running parades dispute involving residents and loyal orders.
The Parades Commission earlier this week banned one loyalist band from being involved in the march because of its conduct over the Twelfth of July.
Members of Dervock Young Defenders, some wearing Union flag face masks, were involved in a confrontation with independent councillor Padraig McShane during a parade in Ballycastle.
Mr McShane was then arrested following an altercation with police.
Days later a bus used by the band was burnt out in a suspected arson attack.
The Parades Commission said it received details of the "band's perceived provocative conduct on that day included wearing face masks, drunkenness and rowdy and antagonistic behaviour".
It also said it received complaints that a "protester's conduct had been threatening and provocative".
Other restrictions included a ruling that bands should only play a single side drumbeat along a section of the route through Rasharkin.
