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Tyrone’s appearance in the All Ireland Final is causing some consternation among the non GAA fraternity and, sadly it has to be said, amongst mischief makers.

In Strabane Unionists have expressed some disquiet that the Tinnies scupltures have donned the now obligatory Tyrone strip to celebrate the County’s success. A County flag had to be reomved from the Fire Station under politically correct protocols and some other person had to take a flag off a car.

Local Unionist representative Derek Hussey said: “The Unionist community is the minority community. The Flags and Emblems Act was designed to create a neutral work place. We have had incidents before in workplaces where people were asked to remove football flags and people were denied the opportunity to wear their poppy around Remembrance day.”

Sinn Fein’s Barry McElduff, a staunch supporter of Tyrone, said: “The Sam Maguire Cup will hopefully be making its way northwards on Monday 22 September. Sam Maguire was a Protestant, of course, but it might not be terribly relevant to cite his religion. You see, religion is not what sport is about. The Tyrone flag is red and white. Sometimes it includes the red hand. It belongs to everyone. If anybody outside Tyrone wants to support the Tyrone teams next Sunday, you should buy a flag or perhaps make your own. Tyrone shops are selling them, they are that popular.”

Seems you can’t please all the people all the time.