Officials from NIOgov in the 1990s debated whether the policy on flying the union flag should change, according to state papers available CAINWebService
By Robbie MeredithAn end to flying the union flag from government buildings on 12 July would "redress the effects of patriotic exuberance" by a unionist government in NI, a government memo from 1994 says.In it, Northern Ireland Office officials were debating whether to bring government flag policy into line with that in England and Wales.
They also considered some designs for a new Northern Ireland flag suggested by an academic called Dr Martin Ball.An artistic impression of the "proposed new flag for Northern Ireland" based on a design suggested in the 1995 memo "However, any decision to remove 12 July from the list of prescribed days - even though the day itself would continue to be a bank and public holiday - may be expected to provoke some strong unionist reaction.
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