Let’s be proud of the national flag again

FOR a year after 9/11 there were large Stars and Stripes on every avenue in California; people attached little flags to their cars and baseball caps.

In England, T-shirts, car cushions and bar-room flags are now appearing regularly bearing the St George Cross. In my local in Nottingham there is a long string of little St George flags along the bar, nicely intertwined with the Christmas fairylights.

It makes me wonder when the Irish will feel able once again to wear the Tricolor in this proud way.