We can be thankful that the years when the events surrounding the Orange Order's Twelfth demonstrations were synonymous with widespread disruption, raised tensions and violent flashpoints appear to be largely behind us.
External CCTV cameras at the site of a loyalist Eleventh Night bonfire at an east Belfast leisure centre were disabled hours before the controversial pyre was set alight.
UUP leader Doug Beattie has hit out at those within the unionist and loyalist community who have "undermined" Twelfth of July celebrations with acts including sectarian displays at bonfires.