HUNDREDS of people have taken to the streets of Glasgow City Centre for an Irish republican march - the day after the Orange Order cancelled its walk.

Police accompanied the marchers who were playing instruments and waving Irish republican banners and flags.

According to Glasgow City Council, the procession was organised by the Friends of the Irish Republican Prisoner Welfare Association.

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It kicked off at noon on Hydepark Street and made its way along Anderson Quay, Broomielaw, Oswald Street, Argyle Street, Queen Street, Ingram Street, Glassford Street, Trongate, Gallowgate and Barrowland Park.

Around 200 were expected to take part in the “anti-internment march.”

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The procession came just a day after the Orange Order withdrew their plan to march in Glasgow on Saturday.

The council confirmed the Order would not parade after city chiefs ruled that the walk would not be allowed to go past St Alphonsus’ Church in Calton, the church where a priest was allegedly spat on and lunged at during last month’s Boyne march.

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The Orange Order insisted its members were being persecuted.

A spokesman for the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland said: “There is considerable alarm amongst members now that Glasgow City Council has in-effect declared some streets as no-go zones based on religion.

“Everyone has the right to peaceful assembly, and these rights should not be restricted simply because people don’t share the same opinions.

“We will be seeking meetings with all relevant authorities regarding the discrimination being directed at members of the Orange Lodge in this local community, law-abiding people who have done nothing to justify this persecution.”