And how to stop all this rioting…put the union jack flag back up, simple really 
Stolen from Facebook…
'The capital of Ireland is Dublin. It has a population of a million people, all of whom will be shopping in Newry this afternoon. They travel to Newry because it is in the North, which is not part of Ireland, but still pay in Euros. Under the Irish constitution, the North used to be in Ireland, but a successful 30-year campaign of violence for Irish unity ensured that it is now definitely in the UK. Had the campaign lasted any longer the North might now be in France.
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland. It has a population of half a million, half of whom own houses in Donegal. Donegal is in the north but not in the North. It is in the South. No, not the south, the South.
There are two parliaments in Ireland. The Dublin parliament is called the Dáil, (pronounced “Doyle”), an Irish word meaning a place where banks receive taxpayers’ money. The one in Belfast is called Stormont, an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘placebo’, or deliberately ineffective drug.Their respective jurisdictions are defined by the border, an imaginary line on the map to show fuel launderers where to dump their chemical waste and bi-products. Protestants are in favour of the border, which generates millions of pounds in smuggling for Catholics, who are totally opposed to it.
Travel between the two states is complicated because Ireland is the only country in the world with two M1 motorways. The one in the North goes west to avoid the south and the one in the South goes north to avoid the price of drink!
We have two types of democracy in Ireland . Dublin democracy works by holding a referendum and then allowing the government to judge the result. If the government thinks the result is wrong, the referendum is held again. Twice in recent years the government decided the people’s choice was wrong and ordered a new referendum. Belfast democracy works differently. It has a parliament with no opposition, so the government is always right. This system generates envy in many world capitals, especially Dublin.
Ireland has three economies - northern, southern and black. Only the black economy is in the black. The other two are in the red.
All versions of the IRA claim to be the real IRA but only one of them is the Real IRA. The North’s biggest industry is the production of IRAs. Consequently, we now have the Provisional, Continuity and Real IRA. The Real IRA is by far the most popular among young graffiti writers simply because it is the easiest to spell. I trust this clarifies things and has answered many previously unanswered questions for you’
If they weren’t fighting about the flag, they would be fighting about the colour of the rope used to hoist it. They are not quite sure what they want, but they are willing to fight for it…
rearaxle:
And how to stop all this rioting…put the union jack flag back up, simple really
Most public buildings on the UK mainland do not continuously hoist a Union Flag, they put them up for state or special occasions, one quite simple reason is that they get damaged, they begin to look scruffy and they get stolen. In Belfast the local councils decided to follow everyone else’s example and only put them up for the special occasions.
We have just had Christmas, we take down the tree and store it away, if it was up all year round it would not keep the meaning of Christmas alive, not for me, not for the kids.
After seeing the videos and newspaper reports of the scum who are provoking the trouble, they are just kids and stupid blokes who have no idea of British, Irish or World History.
Everyone is welcome to have a flag or a football team to display somewhere, many spend every disposable part of their salary following Manchester United or Liverpool FC. Most are well respected, it is only the stupid ones who fight and cause trouble over some ethnic or religious mumbo jumbo.
I am not and never have been a member of trucknetuk.com and these words were written by an actor. 
It is now 2013 and a few more imbeciles are trying to spoil any work done over the past 30 years
I’m just totally 
In a way I feel sorry for the protesters over there.
They must be spending most of their dole money on petrol bombs.
It’s costing them 4 or five times more to fill and throw a petrol bomb than the equivilant protester overseas.
If they carry on we’ll soon pay back all the money Labour spunked up the wall.