Northern Ireland

Catholic church faces fresh calls over tricolour

Campaigners want coffins draped with tricolour to be allowed into churches during Requiem Mass

Seamus McAloran has described a Catholic Church ban on the national flag in churches as a "political decision". Picture by Hugh Russell
Seamus McAloran has asked the Catholic Church to reconsider the ban on the national flag in churches
By Connla Young, Crime and Security Correspondent