The Northern Ireland Conservative Party has previously expressed concern that putting a union flag 356 days a year on the Belfast war memorial could "diminish the flag and debase and politicise a place of remembrance".

BBC: Northern Ireland

Others, such as the Northern Ireland Conservative Party, have expressed concern that putting a union flag 356 days a year on the Belfast war memorial could "diminish the flag and debase and politicise a place of remembrance".

BBC: Northern Ireland

The original plan involved moving the war memorial in the Market Place to allow more space for remembrance services, and removing and replacing the existing trees - said to be either diseased or causing root damage - with 25 new ones.

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There will also be a new regional sports club set in parkland, with a garden square centred on the original Eton Manor Boys Club war memorial and it will be lined with sweet gum trees which turn red around Remembrance Day.

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The Red Poppy is an internationally-recognised symbol of remembrance and has been so since the end of the First World War.

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