Painted kerbstones and tricolours would probably have been out of the window straight away, and shamrocks and poppies would have been next.
The tricolour would normally be removed only in circumstances that were likely to cause a breach of the peace.
If people want to put up tricolours and fly them, that is their business, but they should do it in keeping with the law.
We need to be careful about how we assess the use of the tricolour.
Are we returning to the days of making it illegal to fly the tricolour on certain buildings?
They will say that the identification emblem of our candidate is the tricolour.
I am referring, of course, to the original intention behind the green, white and orange tricolour.
Was it the draping of the tricolour over the coffin?
