The Irish tricolour is the national flag of the Republic of Ireland and has no official status in Northern Ireland, although it is used by many Irish nationalists. Ulster Unionist Party leader ...
The Ulster Banner, designed in Dublin in 1923, draws its inspiration from the province's traditional flag. Stormont adopted the banner as Northern Ireland's official flag in 1953. However ...
In the event, the Flags (Northern Ireland) Order 2000 eventually brought official flag-flying in Northern Ireland more closely into line with the rest of the UK with little fanfare or protest.