A social media post about Northern Ireland which used an Irish tricolour has been removed by 10 Downing Street. An edited version of the Instagram post has now been uploaded without the flag.

"Regrettably, the union flag lacks in Northern Ireland the politically neutral connotations which it enjoys in the rest of the United Kingdom. "However, any decision to remove 12 July from the ...

“I boxed for Ireland and I was proud to represent the Irish flag and I would say that I am from Northern Ireland. I boxed for Holy Trinity in West Belfast and my best mates are Catholic ...

Brexit forced the border question back onto the agenda, but the sense of crisis that once drove these conversations has started to dissipate ...