Two loyalist groups have notified the Parades Commission of plans to march in Derry on St. Patrick's Day. The Sergeant Lindsay Mooney Memorial Flute Band will parade from Bond’s Street to Lincoln Court starting at 1pm on Saturday. About 50 participants are expected to follow a route via Lapwing Way and Rossdowney Road before returning to Bond’s Street by 1.40pm.

The band takes its name from Lindsay Mooney, a Ulster Defence Association member killed in a bomb explosion outside Kirk’s lounge bar in Cloughfin near Lifford, Donegal, on St. Patrick’s Day 1973. Over 200 people were inside the bar celebrating at the time. More than 20 people suffered injuries in the blast.

Separately, the Apprentice Boys of Derry No Surrender Parent Club will march on Tuesday. Around 150 participants and 25 supporters are due to assemble at the Fountain at noon. The William King Memorial Flute Band will lead the group via Carlisle Road and the Diamond to the Derry Walls and St. Augustine’s Church.

The Apprentice Boys club will then proceed to Society Street via Palace Street and Bishop Street from 1.15pm. A St. Patrick’s Cross banner will accompany the crimson banner of the Apprentice Boys.