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The group was wearing dark clothes and hoods and was seen erecting the Union flags on Saturday evening in Altona Drive and Altona Gardens.

While Kneecap wrap themselves in the Irish tricolour, in one of his songs Young Spencer continually talks about the red, white and blue of the Union flag.

"She said they really were nasty and they were strutting about. They were always looking for the Union flag and the British Legion flag which Mabel had hidden under the altar," Max said.

Union flags were placed next to EU ones on press podiums.

In the weeks after the plaque went missing, some Northern Ireland political parties had called for the Union flag not to be flown at Belfast City Hall to mark Prince Andrew's birthday.