Right-wing activists divide Dublin with lamp-post flag blitz


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  • Monday, 06 Oct 2025

The colours of the Irish flag are painted on the side of a building in the North Strand area, in Dublin, Ireland, September 29, 2025. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

DUBLIN (Reuters) -Right-wing activists are lining the streets of Dublin with Irish tricolour flags in a campaign that is dividing communities and fuelling a bitter debate about immigration.

Supporters say the flags, informally attached to lamp-posts without permission, are a simple expression of patriotism- and many react furiously to the idea of restricting the flying of the national flag.

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