Police are treating the incident as a sectarian motivated hate crime.

The flags of Ireland, Israel, Palestine and the UN were placed in that order in an entrance hall of Leinster House on Friday

The EU and Ukraine flags continue to be raised

Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said it is the latest incident which demonstrates Downing Street ‘doesn’t understand’ Northern Ireland

A motion tabled by a group of Independent councillors was defeated by members of Dublin City Council on Monday evening

Fans had been allowed to bring flags in but not to ’cause disruption’.

The US infuriated their opponents by posting altered images of Iran’s flag.

Mississippi will fly a new state flag with a magnolia to replace a Confederate-themed flag state politicians retired months ago as part of the national reckoning over racial injustice.

Guitar, beer cans, a lighthouse, Elvis Presley and Kermit the Frog have all been proposed to adorn the new flag of a US state. Mississippi recently retired the state banner with the Confederate battle emblem that is widely condemned as racist.