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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 ...
Unionists could hang the flag one way up, nationalists the other. Elizabeth Morrow,Belfast. IF Northern Ireland remains part of Britain it will be as it is presently known, Northern Ireland.
without threatening anyone or any flag. First is Northern Ireland’s diversity. According to the 2021 census, the Irish and British are both minority groups, while the number of people of ‘other ...
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 ...
the flag ­hoisted at the ­Augusta ­National Golf Club wasn’t the official flag of Northern Ireland, because no such flag exists. Instead, the golfing authorities ran the Ulster Banner up the ...
Northern Ireland Office officials were debating flag policies in the 1990s, archived memos reveal An end to flying the union flag from government buildings on 12 July would "redress the effects of ...
It’s been a while since we last had a flag controversy but the wait is at last over with Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland talking about the inclusivity of the ...
The flags are also displayed by rival factions at pro and anti-immigration rallies. Some see the conflict in the Middle East through the prism of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the age-old ...