The country’s unofficial flag includes the red hand ... The banner is a point of contention for Catholics and Republicans who want Northern Ireland to leave the United Kingdom and rejoin Ireland.

the tricolor flag of Ireland has been the official flag. Green represents the Catholics, orange represents the Protestants, and the white in the middle symbolizes peace. Yet green remains the ...

In Northern Ireland, this most commonly occurs between Catholics and Protestants ... Hostility is often demonstrated through the flying of flags, to show that only one side of the community ...