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#778 Is The Tricolour Dividing Ireland Instead Of Uniting It? (With John McGuirk)
Has The Irish Flag Been Tarnished? | Niall Talks to John McGuirk
On this episode of The Niall Boylan Podcast, Niall speaks to journalist John McGuirk from The Statement about the growing controversy surrounding the Irish tricolour and what it represents in modern Ireland.
The debate was sparked after former President Mary McAleese criticised the use of Irish flags to intimidate people, saying that using the national flag in that way dishonours Ireland's history and echoes the discrimination once faced by Irish emigrants abroad. She argued that the tricolour should be a symbol of inclusion…
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