PSNI Investigates Easter Parade Uniform Breach

0:00It's April 6th. I'm Cory with the story, and this is Europe News Today, your AI-powered European briefing. Police in Dairy launched an investigation into an eastern Monday parade by dissident Republicans after spotting folks in paramilitary-style uniforms. The march kicked off in the Kregan area, headed to the city cemetery, and drew a couple hundred people mark in the 1916 Easter Rising. Organizers had permission from the Parades Commission, but that came with a strict no on those kinds of outfits. A color party led the way, decked out in face coverings, sunglasses, and that band gear while waving Irish and Republican flags. Behind them, the crowd included young people with covered faces, sum-toting petro bombs, and wooden planks. Things wrapped up with speeches at the cemetery, but not before a small fire got lit in the road near some shops. This annual event has a history of sparking violence in past years, and locals know the drill. The Parades Commission determination flat out banned paramilitary clothes and flags from

1:00outlaw groups, tying right into the terrorism act of two. Thousand. No ground cops were visible, but a helicopter hovered overhead with evidence teams on standby. Now the PSNI is digging in, calling out the uniforms as a clear breach from start to finish. Chief Superintendent Gillian Carney out of Dairy City and Straubane says they've nailed offenses before, and will hear too, though it's too live for. More details right now. With tensions running high in the area, expect this probe to keep rolling, shining light on how these commemorations play out year after year.