COUNCIL staff were forced to replace a number of Tricolour flags from one of the main routes into the city after a slogan was printed on them.
The local authority has blamed an “administrative error” for the appearance of the words : ‘Féile Pádraig Luimnigh’ on the national flag.
Dozens of flags with writing in green on the white section of the Tricolour were flying along the Shannon Bridge this Monday – but they had been removed by Tuesday morning.
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The National Flag Guidelines, published by Government state that the Tricolour should never have writing on it.
Section 13 of the guidance…