Council's Proactive Approach to Flag Controversy
Council calls removal counterproductive and will take proactive approach.
Council consulted stakeholders and Gardaí before decision.
Supporters placed flags on lamp-posts in August.
Far-right groups erected hundreds of flags.
Anti-racism activists removed some and added other flags.
Council will remove flags posing safety hazards.
Flags are seen as intimidating and marking territory.
Issue involves anti-immigration activists and government immigration policies.