THE confederate flag shirt worn by senior indigenous affairs bureaucrat Mark Coffey at a July 4-themed dinner was bought for him by his wife as a 21st wedding anniversary present.

A bonfire topped with an effigy of a migrant boat. Homes set alight. During the Troubles, similar tactics were used to target ...

But in Northern Ireland, the decision to stop permanently flying the British flag outside Belfast City Hall has sparked some of the worst violence since the 1998 Good Friday peace deal.

Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat and a banner reading ...

An Antrim resident has said those behind union flags outside a Catholic Church have ‘doubled down’ since complaints were ...

How Northern Ireland flags issue could be tackled by new Crime and Policing Bill. ... For too long, these symbols have been used to intimidate people and mark territory, ...

July 01, 2022 at 2:00am BST. THE flying of Union and other flags in a shared area of south Belfast is designed to 'mark territory' and raise tensions, nationalist politicians have said.