Dublin's Lord Mayor defends 1996 photo of Union flag burning

Dublin's Lord Mayor has defended a photo of him burning a Union Jack flag, which has emerged online during Queen Elizabeth's visit to the North.

Dublin's Lord Mayor defends 1996 photo of Union flag burning

Dublin's Lord Mayor has defended a photo of him burning a Union Jack flag, which has emerged online during Queen Elizabeth's visit to the North.

It was taken in 1996, and posted on Twitter by the Progressive Unionist Party, with the caption "the Dublin mayor burning the union flag. Oh that's right they don't burn flags."

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