Authorities in dark over plans for flag protest

Gardaí have not received notification from the org-anisers of a controversial protest on the union flag issue, just days before a planned demonstration outside Leinster House.

The Ulster People’s Forum has signalled its intention to bring 150 protesters to Dublin this Saturday in what it says is an attempt to highlight loyalist anger at Belfast City Council’s decision to fly the UK flag only on certain days

The North, and Belfast in particular, has witnessed serious unrest and rioting over the issue, and Ulster People’s Forum spokesman Willie Frazer said last weekend that the Dublin event was going ahead because loyalists were “sick” of writing letters.