Flag of convenience

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell says Sinn Féin has dishonoured the Irish flag.

Flag of convenience
Tue, 20 Apr, 2004 - 01:00

I maintain that his party has debased it by creating a two-tier Ireland of haves and have-nots.

Surely the main tenet of republicanism is equality, or at least the pursuit of it. We’re some way off given that half of the people who live in Dublin cannot even afford a dwelling.

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