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.
