Loyalist protests continue over new Union Jack rule in Belfast

When is IC going to update this site?

How do they get over the hurdle of their institutionalised hate IN? The unionist have been indocrinated for so long that commonsense is to difficult,they cannot move on and it's tragic

The solution to the problem is ridiculously simplistic. It's all down to proportional representation, like the electoral franchise system of the same name. Unionists can be more British in a united Ireland than they are in an increasingly disparate UK. Unlike the influx of foreign nationals into an enforeced multiculturalised British and/or Irish Isles, being born in the Ireland of Ireland and as 16.5% of an All Ireland population, Ulster unionists/loyalists/protestants would be entitled to demand Ireland to have a 16.5 degree relationship with the neighbouring jurisdiction. British identity and culture can be enshrined in a renegotiated constitution. All they need is the courage of their convictions.

The tricolor has both the orange and the green for a reason. It's the 21st century, fly both flags and let's have done with it.

Jacersagain. We don`t see any workers walking out of their well established factories located throughout the Biblebelt in order to take up the flag issue. Once again the people with least feel agrieved and are easier to lead.

Daileari. Lets sort Ireland out first before looking at colonising anywhere. lol

Frazier entering the scene has definitely brought the phrase pantomine into play. Even Some of the protesters must be cringing.

These loyalists lads and lassies are only abreacting to the lowering of the union jack (UJ) over Belfast City Hall because the Ulster-Scot folklore they imbibed with their mother's milk spooked them into believing that a united Ireland (UI) will be worse than it actually will be in reality. If Mr Frazer loves Ulster, does he love all of it all of Ulster? Or does he just love British imperialism. But he is right to bring his concerns about Local Government in the provincial capitol to the national capitol. But he is not comparing like with like. Belfast City Hall on Donegall Square South in Belfast is not the equivalent of Leinster House on Kildare Street (or Merrion Square North) in Dublin. One is a City Hall Local Government. The other is the 26 county state legislature and executive. The 6 county Northern (sic) Ireland (NI) regional assembly and executive at Stormont Castle (Ulster House?) flies the UJ on designated days only, though it should be flying the Saint Patrick's Cross more consonant with their union. Dublin City Council (DCC) on Wood Quay in Dublin rarely if ever flies the Irish tricolour (ITC) being Local Government only. Though they do fly the Dublin flag, a lesson for Belfast City Hall perhaps? When Mr Frazer comes up to the Irish capitol and goes to DCC, he'll actually see the flags of other European Union (EU) states/nations from flagpoles along Essex Quay (incl the UJ!) for Ireland's EU presidency. What he will NOT see is members of An Garda Síochána na h'Éireann allowing street blockades and watchings and besettings of moderates constituency offices either in Dubin or further up the road in Killarney, Co Kerry. Mr Frazer might be more gainfully employed prevailing on his colleagues to reciprocate parity of esteem rather than engagin in political pantomime.

The English flag should never fly in any part of Ireland now or ever. I fantasize about the day when England will become a colony of Ireland and the green flag with the harp will fly over Buckingham Palace. The Irish have suffered ENOUGH!!!

What a sad lot fraser and his narrow minded band are.

british thrash on display to the world.See.. we Irish told you so.This is a forced occupied terority of Ireland

Don’t arrest the people protesting. Give them long-hours jobs to stop them being yobs, with the pay they get being paid back into the British Exchequer to compensate for what their protests are costing.

So they're petitioning a government they claim has no legitimacy or jurisdiction over them to remove its own flag. Subtract 10 IQ points and Willie Fraser may sprout leaves.

SF Councillor Jim McVeigh said the purpose of the rule change was "...to see a City Hall that is inclusive and welcoming to every citizen and every tradition." When did he move to Northern Ireland, one wonders?

Happyhippo couldn't agree more.