Politicians in the North have published their proposals for how to handle issues left over from 'The Troubles'.

The moves comes less than 24 hours after cross-party talks failed to reach a resolution on the subject.

The document, which was drafted up by US diplomat Richard Haass, was posted this evening on a website shared by Sinn Féin and the DUP.

Among the failed suggestions were plans to allow flags to be flown only on designated days, a new flag specially for Northern Ireland and the role of the Irish tricolour and the Union Jack.

The document was published in a bid to allow the general public to make up their own minds on the issues.

full text of 5 party panel document: hoping for robust debate over how NI can best address parades, flags, & its past http://t.co/qf4BkBjAYu

— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) December 31, 2013