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| In Northern Ireland, some members from each 'community' use their own flags to declare their allegiance (to political ideology) and 'mark territory', often in a manner that is deliberately provocative. Thus it is the "Ulster Banner" and the Union Flag that are flown by unionists,{{Fact|date=May 2007}} while the ] of the Republic of Ireland is often used to represent ] allegiance to The ].{{Fact|date=May 2007}} They argue that the ] is a symbol of peace and unity, not just of Ireland, but of the two distinct peoples within the island, those being the Roman Catholic Irish (Green) and the Protestant Unionist traditions (Orange) being united by peace (White). | In Northern Ireland, some members from each 'community' use their own flags to declare their allegiance (to political ideology) and 'mark territory', often in a manner that is deliberately provocative. Thus it is the "Ulster Banner" and the Union Flag that are flown by unionists,{{Fact|date=May 2007}} while the ] of the Republic of Ireland is often used to represent ] allegiance to The ].{{Fact|date=May 2007}} They argue that the ] is a symbol of peace and unity, not just of Ireland, but of the two distinct peoples within the island, those being the Roman Catholic Irish (Green) and the Protestant Unionist traditions (Orange) being united by peace (White). | ||
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In Northern Ireland, some members from each 'community' use their own flags to declare their allegiance (to political ideology) and 'mark territory', often in a manner that is deliberately provocative. Thus it is the "Ulster Banner" and the Union Flag that are flown by unionists, while the Irish tricolour of the Republic of Ireland is often used to represent nationalist allegiance to The Republic of Ireland. They argue that the Irish tricolour is a symbol of peace and unity, not just of Ireland, but of the two distinct peoples within the island, those being the Roman Catholic Irish (Green) and the Protestant Unionist traditions (Orange) being united by peace (White).
Under the 1998 Belfast Agreement, flags continue to be a source of disagreement in Northern Ireland. The Agreement states that:
All participants acknowledge the sensitivity of the use of symbols and emblems for public purposes, and the need in particular in creating the new institutions to ensure that such symbols and emblems are used in a manner which promotes mutual respect rather than division.
— Belfast Agreement
Nationalists pointed to this to argue that the use of the Union Flag for official purposes should be restricted, or that the Irish tricolour should be flown alongside the British flag on government buildings, and banned the Union Flag from the public buildings they were in charge of during the last previous devolved administration. However all signatories to the Agreement also declare their acceptance of the "principle of consent" (i.e. that there will be no change to the constitutional position of Northern Ireland unless a majority votes for it), and Unionists argued that this provision amounts to recognising that the Union Flag is the only legitimate official flag in Northern Ireland. The problem was discussed in detail and various proposals made including suggestions for a new flag.
The dispute was resolved by legislation requiring the Union Flag to be flown over specified government buildings including Parliament Buildings and state offices on specified 'named days' (honouring, for example Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday), and prohibiting other flags. On the occasion of a visit to a government building by the United Kingdom head of state the Royal Standard shall be flown and the Union Flag can be flown, and on state visits from other heads of state the Union Flag and the national flag of the country of the visitor can be flown. The legislation does not apply to District Council buildings, and District Councils follow a range of practices varying from flying the Union Flag on a number of council buildings every day of the year as at Lisburn, to flying no flags on any building, flying only the council flag or flying flags on the designated days in the same way as government buildings.
A new flag?
Main article: Northern Ireland flags issueThe idea of a new flag for Northern Ireland has been discussed from time to time, but is controversial. The issue is discussed more fully in the article linked above.
References
- Tension over flag flying at BBC News
- Flagging concern: the controversy over flags and emblems
- The Flags Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
- Transforming Conflict: Flags and Emblems by Dominic Bryan and Gordon Gillespie, Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, March 2005
External links
- FOTW: Northern Ireland
- CAIN: Flags in Northern Ireland
- The Union Flags and flags of the United Kingdom
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