# flags - Friday 1 March, 2013
The protest took place at Belfast City Hall, with some protesters then travelling to Stormont for a peaceful protest.
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# flags - Thursday 28 February, 2013
A 52-year-old man has been charged with various offences relating to the Union flag protests in Belfast.
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# flags - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
Chairman Peter Osborne issued a lengthy statement last night about the ongoing Union flag demonstrations and the next marching season.
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# flags - Saturday 9 February, 2013
It began with a vote and ended with burnt-out offices, dozens of injuries and arrests, and a sense that a fragile peace had been disrupted.
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# flags - Thursday 31 January, 2013
Senior officers met with the Ulster People’s Forum over the protests which have been ongoing for almost two months.
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# flags - Monday 21 January, 2013
The eleven have all been arrested on charges of obstructing roads as part of an ongoing protest over the flying of the Union flag.
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# flags - Monday 14 January, 2013
A total of 112 people have been arrested in connection with recent protests. Meanwhile, a peace rally took place in Belfast yesterday.
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# flags - Sunday 13 January, 2013
Gerry Adams said most of the protests are being organised by the BNP, the UVF and criminal elements, and need to end.
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# flags - Saturday 12 January, 2013
Meanwhile Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said the violence is nothing to do with flags and is being orchestrated by “known criminals” intent on causing chaos.
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# flags - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
Police officers were attacked with missiles while vehicles were damaged with hatchets and sledge hammers.
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# flags - Monday 7 January, 2013
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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A 9mm bullet and a sympathy card containing the name and photograph of the SDLP MLA were intercepted at a sorting office.
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A 38-year-old who was arrested on Saturday will meanwhile appear in court charged with possession of a gun.
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# flags - Sunday 6 January, 2013
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The head of the Police Federation of Northern Ireland said loyalist paramilitaries have hijacked the flags protests and are using “any excuse” to attack the police.
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# flags - Saturday 5 January, 2013
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# flags - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
An 11-year-old, a 12-year-old and two 13-year-olds were among those arrest after disorder broke out at loyalist protests last night.
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# flags - Monday 17 December, 2012
At least 21 peaceful protests are planned for 6pm this evening, in moves that could hamper commuters across NI.
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# flags - Sunday 16 December, 2012
They turned out for a one-hour peace rally, which included a two minute ‘no silence’, where people clapped, made music and noise.
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# flags - Sunday 10 July, 2011
PSNI officers also came under attack from petrol bombs amid serious disturbances in the North last night.
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Calls for Commissioner to retract half-mast flag comment
The Oireachtas European Affairs Committee has urged the EU Energy Commissioner to withdraw remarks regarding debt-burdened countries being made to fly their flags at half-mast.
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