马克·辛普森撰文指出，历史表明，当北爱尔兰的政治问题与街头争端交织在一起时，摩擦往往接踵而至。
By Mark Simpson History shows that when the politics of Northern Ireland are wrapped up in a street dispute, friction is seldom far away.
在斯托蒙特议会大厅内，联合派与民族派之间的激烈争吵几乎每周都会发生，但如今，基层的争执已较为罕见。波特当的德鲁姆克里游行争端，本质上是两种政治文化的冲突。
Bitter rows in the Stormont chamber between unionists and nationalists happen almost every week, but ground-level arguments are rare these days. The Drumcree parade dispute in Portadown is a clash of political cultures.
橙衣会是一个新教亲英组织。他们希望游行的区域主要居住着天主教徒，且以亲爱尔兰民族主义者为主。
The Orange Order is a Protestant pro-British organisation. The area where it wants to walk is largely Catholic, and predominantly inhabited by pro-Irish nationalists.
这场围绕一段道路的争端并非单纯的本地问题，它有可能波及北爱尔兰其他地区，并影响斯托蒙特的权力分享安排。
This dispute over a piece of road is not just a local problem. It has the potential to affect other parts of Northern Ireland and the power-sharing arrangements at Stormont.
一位退休政客曾这样形容：“德鲁姆克里发生的事，绝不会只留在德鲁姆克里。”
"What happens at Drumcree never stays at Drumcree," was how one retired politician put it.
当游行争端在20世纪90年代中期首次演变为暴力冲突时，骚乱蔓延至其他地区，几乎使和平进程脱轨。
When the parade dispute first erupted into violence in the mid-1990s, the disorder spread to other places - and almost derailed the peace process.
尽管该争端从未得到彻底解决，但在随后的30年里逐渐淡出公众视野。其突然重新浮现，令包括许多政客在内的大多数人感到意外。
But while it was never fully resolved, the dispute faded over the next 30 years. Its sudden re-emergence has caught most people by surprise, including many politicians.
事情的起因是，今年初夏，一起与该争端相关的诉讼被提交至法院，从而重新引发了辩论。
What happened was that a legal case was brought to court over the dispute early this summer, re-opening the debate.
北爱尔兰最大的两个政党——新芬党与民主统一党（DUP）——在此问题上立场截然相反。新芬党坚定支持当地居民，而民主统一党则全力支持橙衣会。
The two largest parties in Northern Ireland, Sinn Féin and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), have been on opposite sides of the argument. Sinn Féin are firmly behind the residents. The DUP fully supports the Orange Order.
尽管他们是斯托蒙特分权政府的合作伙伴，但在德鲁姆克里问题上，双方的分歧却达到了极点。与北爱尔兰的常态一样，历史背景至关重要。
They may be partners in the devolved government at Stormont, but when it comes to Drumcree they could not be further apart. As always in Northern Ireland, the historical context is important.
尽管近年来波特当在游行问题上维持着一种脆弱的平静，但橙衣会仍视此次游行为未竟之事。
Although there has been an uneasy calm in Portadown over the parading issue in recent years, the Orange Order regards the march as unfinished business.
1998年，橙衣会被禁止完成其德鲁姆克里游行——该路线包括加瓦基路——此后，他们多次申请完成整条游行路线，但均遭拒绝。在过去的三十年里，它曾一千多次提出申请，但均被拒绝。它表示，自己被剥夺了一项始于19世纪初的传统游行权利。
In 1998, it was banned from completing its Drumcree march - which includes the Garvaghy Road - and has been repeatedly refused permission to finish the route ever since. It has applied and been turned down more than 1,000 times in the past three decades.
上世纪90年代末，游行委员会成立，旨在裁决游行纠纷。迄今为止，该委员会一直裁定禁止此路线。
It says it is being denied a traditional walk which dates back to the early 1800s. A Parades Commission was set up in the late 1990s to adjudicate on marching disputes and, until now, it has consistently ruled against the route.
今年6月，奥兰治兄弟会（Orange Order）对一项裁决提出的法律挑战在程序上获得成功。
The Orange Order's legal challenge to a ruling in June this year succeeded on procedural grounds.
随后，该组织再次申请举行游行，尽管规模有所缩减，参与人数从400人减至35人，但最终获得了批准。
The order subsequently re-applied for permission to carry out the parade, albeit a scaled-back version with only 35 participants rather than 400 - and was successful.
加瓦吉路（Garvaghy Road）的民族主义居民对此感到震惊和愤怒。对他们而言，这场游行带有胜利主义色彩，在该地区并不受欢迎。
Nationalist residents on the Garvaghy Road were left shocked and angry. For them, the parade is triumphalist and unwelcome in the area.
他们认为，这场游行并非关乎传统，而是一种至上主义的行为，并称其重新揭开了社区的旧伤疤。
Rather than being about tradition, they see the parade as an act of supremacy and say it re-opens old community wounds.
在围绕此次游行的最后一刻法律博弈中，法官呼吁纠纷各方寻找共同点并达成协议。当这一呼吁落空时，没有人感到惊讶。各方在这一问题上的情绪都非常激动，包括各政党在内。目前，权力分享行政机构内部的关系已危险地接近破裂边缘。
During a last-minute legal battle over the march, a judge appealed for all sides of the dispute to find common ground and come to an agreement. Nobody was surprised when that did not happen. Feelings are running high on the issue on all sides, including among the political parties. Relations in the power-sharing executive are now dangerously close to breaking point.
明年将举行斯托蒙特（Stormont）选举，这意味着各政党倾向于固守立场，而非寻求妥协。
There is a Stormont election next year which means parties tend to dig in, rather than search for compromises.
德拉姆克里（Drumcree）纠纷触及了北爱尔兰遗留分歧的核心。
The Drumcree dispute goes to the heart of the divisions which remain in Northern Ireland.
近几日发生的事件提醒人们，和平进程并未结束，它仍在持续——在基层和斯托蒙特，仍有许多工作要做。
Events of recent days are a reminder that the peace process is not over, it is ongoing - and there is still work to be done on the ground and at Stormont.