UK Government legislation could change how PSNI deals with illegal displays of flags and banners in public spaces ...

It feels like a return to the bloody days of religious strife. Northern Ireland is facing turbulent times marked by racist ...

Sam McBride had an excellently thought-provoking article this week arguing for a new flag for Northern Ireland in the Belfast ... blue and may be reassured that (a)the red hand of Ulster – symbol of ...

Support for a new flag for Northern Ireland – and the north of Ireland ... He notes that while the red hand is “probably the only thing on which there is common affinity” its previous ...

Northern Ireland athletes could be competing under a different flag after a proposal to change the Ulster Banner is being debated. Leading Commonwealth Games Northern Ireland (CWGNI) chiefs ...

The Ulster Banner contains a red cross on a white background, with a crown, star and red hand in the centre. Originally designed in 1923, it went on to become Northern Ireland's official flag ...

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 Ulster Banner ... On the other hand ...

In the area where the trouble occurred, the Ulster Defence ... culture of Northern Ireland at play. Driving through many loyalist areas of Belfast and you will see Israeli flags alongside Union ...

When the Northern Ireland Assembly was ... elections—in the U.K., in the Republic of Ireland, and perhaps even in the U.S., too. All three had a hand in the Good Friday Agreement, to which ...

the hand has been called the Red Hand of Ulster for centuries. It's found on the flag of Northern Ireland, and during The Troubles, the hand was frequently used as a symbol by Loyalists who wished ...

BELFAST — Northern Ireland ... the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force, maintain power bases in east Belfast within a short drive of Stormont. Their militant banners flutter from ...

The Red Hand is also on the Ulster Banner which is the flag used to represent the Northern Ireland football team.” All respondents were then asked to indicate how negative or positive they felt ...