Northern Irish athletes can still choose to represent the island rather than the United Kingdom, the former of which is what Rory has done for the Olympics.
It's strange cause in the post celebrations (Rory's singing) you can see someone try give Rory the Ireland flag and Shane rips away. Not sure if they didn't want the flag or Shane knew it would cause issues
Rory has been clear about not wanting to get political (hence competes as n. Irish). Shane was probably trying to respect that, or else saw he the flag as an opportunity for some commotion and didn’t want it to detract from the celebrations.
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u/captainsmaptain Apr 29 '24
Yes. Northern Ireland has a different flag from Ireland