Under a gray, overcast sky, more than 1,000 protesters gathered Saturday in the Northern Ireland city of Belfast carrying large Union flags, some wrapped around their shoulders. The silent protest ...

The Union flag, the national symbol of the United Kingdom, is also the official flag of Northern Ireland. It can be seen flying from lamp posts in majority PUL communities. In contrast ...

Inside the circle of golden stars I would have a white map of Northern Ireland ... Neither is it democratic to fly the Union Flag with the Irish foreign one. Northern Ireland is an integral ...

The Union flag was raised over Belfast City Hall on Wednesday morning for the first time since a vote last month to stop flying it year-round prompted violent protests in Northern Ireland.

Flags - including the Union and Northern Ireland flags - were placed on lamp-posts on the upper Ormeau Road and Sunnyside Street on Wednesday. The area is home to some of the most diverse ...

Eleven people have been arrested during union flag protests across Northern Ireland on Monday evening. Three of them - all men - were arrested in Londonderry's Waterside area. They were later ...

loyalist protests took place across Northern Ireland over the decision to fly the union flag at Belfast City Hall only on designated days. Dozens of police officers were injured and scores of ...

The DUP has called for new guidance on the flying of the Union flag to be extended to Northern Ireland. The national flag is to be flown on UK government buildings every day in a bid to unite the ...

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A decision to ban the Union flag from appearing on Northern Ireland driving licences has come under heavy fire from Ukip. New driving licences issued to motorists in Britain are to carry the flag ...

But the Irish tricolour and Union flag are inadequate, and increasingly so. They don’t represent three things about this place which could and should be represented by a new flag, without threatening ...

The chair and chief executive of the Commonwealth Games board in Northern Ireland want Stormont to design a new flag for the region. While that might seem like an audacious request, it is merely ...