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\n <\/a>\n<\/div>\nThe Orange Order is a masonic-style, hyper-conservative religious and political organization which grew out of Northern Ireland\u2019s centuries-long sectarian conflict.<\/p>\n
The DUP itself was at the center of a bloody sectarian divide during Northern Ireland\u2019s Troubles \u2013 a conflict involving rival paramilitary groups and the British Army which claimed more than 3,000 lives over 30 years.<\/p>\n
Concessions from the Tories might include the dropping of a ban on a controversial march by the Protestant order through a Catholic area of Northern Ireland\u2019s Portadown along Garvaghy Road.<\/p>\n
The local branch of the order wants to the see the march restored after it was banned in 1998 following riots and the death of three young boys when their house was firebombed by Loyalists.<\/p>\n
In a tweet on Saturday, the local lodge said: \u201cWe trust that the parading issue especially in Portadown will be high on the agenda for the new Government.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\nCritics say a DUP-Tory deal could damage the hard-won peace process in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n
Enda Kenny, the Taoiseach (prime minister) of the Republic of Ireland, contacted Theresa May on Sunday to raise his concerns.<\/p>\n
He later told the Times that \u201cnothing should happen<\/em>\u201d to endanger the settlement.<\/p>\nMay\u2019s decision to strike a deal with the DUP is particularly galling to its critics, as the Tory leader repeatedly attacked Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn ahead of the election for talking to Irish Republican leaders in the 1970s.<\/p>\n
Corbyn has met representatives of Sinn Fein – the political arm of the paramilitary Irish Republican Army (IRA) – including Gerry Adams and the late Martin McGuinness on a number of occasions during his career.<\/p>\n