Cost of policing parades and protests almost £6m in five months!!!

[Goats Do Shave]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15303911

This is crazy! This surely cannot go on forever?

How can the governement reduce the cost of this?

1 - Do not police the parades! (probably a recipe for dissaster in some areas.)
2 - Stop parades? (Aren't the hate filled & sectarian anyway?)
3 - Reduce parades / Shorten the marching season? 5 months is too long surely!! - Would 1 day every year not be enough?
4 - Much like football clubs, force the Orange Order to pay for part of the bill?

[fitzroyalty]

I don't see the problem sure the OO is heavily subsidised anyway. Only makes sense to clean up the mess after...

[amallon]

Ban ALL parades.  OO, AOH even St. Patrick's day.  Waste of time and money the lot of them

[Goats Do Shave]

Ban ALL parades.  OO, AOH even St. Patrick's day.  Waste of time and money the lot of them

Difference is St Paddy's day should be making the cities money...

I think the OO's attempt at the Orange Fest would work better if they hadn't all the practice parades cluttering the roads for 5 months !!!

[Orior]

Ban ALL parades.  OO, AOH even St. Patrick's day.  Waste of time and money the lot of them

Good idea.

Lets organise a parade to urge the goverment to ban all parades.

"What do we want?!!!"
"A ban on all parades!!"
"When do we want it?!!!"
"After we've finished!!"