What Flag is Fair to Northern Ireland?

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Northern Ireland doesn’t have one official flag, so how do we treat the Northern Irish the same as everyone else in our flag flying campaign? All flags and symbols can have Unionist or Nationalist connotations and we’d like to get this right. Joe MacDonald of the Ulster Farmers’ Union has said

“We believe there is a growing interest in products that are from Northern Ireland because of their freshness and low carbon footprint but if people aren’t able to identify the country of origin accurately, they are not able to make that informed choice.”

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But what form should this labelling take?

As Englishmen, we aren’t experts on the Northern Ireland flags issue so we’d like to invite comments from people who are Northern Irish. We understand this is a controversial issue, but please keep it friendly! Any answers to the following questions would be much appreciated.

1.How is British and Irish food currently labelled? Do you get the same mix of Union Jacks and national flags?

2. Would you like a flag to label Northern Irish produce? If so, which one?

3. Would any flags be offensive to you, and stop you buying produce, and why?

4. Would you prefer a label stating “Produce of Northern Ireland” or “Made in Ulster” or similar?

Any general comments are welcome, thank you.