Florida Irish pub banned from flying tricolor this St. Patrick’s Day by law – VIDEO

this is just WRONG....that's DISCRIMINATION...and that should be ILLEGAL. alisa

Couldn't they just fly a Shamrock flag? It's not a national flag.

That's ironic for the so called land of freedom where you haven't the freedom to fly a flag in an Irish orientated business. Maybe we should return the favour by taking down all the American flags in Dublin the west coast and other towns and city's . We had no problem with it or any other flag . It seems that Ireland is freer than America and yet it is ironic that the stars and strips were based on a piece by Turlough O'Carolan and there white house was designed by an Irish man who based it on our own government buildings ..

I think they should sue the city for inhibiting their right of free expression.

What an act of pettiness and xenophobia! The Yank flag and the Confederacy flag are OK though. Sack this mayor!

Bet it would have been different if it was a Confederate flag!

The Confederacy!

I will be in and around Culhanes on Saint Patrick's Day. I might even be carrying my Irish flag

Only in Florida would something like this happen. If they can't display flags other than the American flag, then they should outlaw the display of the Florida state flag too.

Well whady'a know. Belfast City Council comes to Atlantic Beach, Florida. Is Willie Frazer and Jamie Bryson behind this, or wha'? Or has the flags controversy in Belfast been brough over on the breeze? I reckon that loyalist lady from east Belfast who succeeded in head-butting the double glazing in tha back door of Belfat City Hall is behind this. The one who was banging-on about having no suspenders - or something?

I always preferred the gold harp on the field of green. As for Atlantic Beach, did the anonymous hack who penned this piece enquire as to the basis of the ordinance. It may not have been aimed at the tricolor at all.

See what's happening to our beloved country? When will it end.... where are our freedoms going? (downhill like America with our anointed one?)

They'll most likely fly it at some point, and so they should. I see some "fleggers" are upset because their "fleg" was taken down in NI, boo hoo...and it's not ever going back up. Get used to it.

Proud Canadian2 - I believe that Tim Severin showed us in the seventies that it was on Canada's shores that St. Brendan found his "Promised Land" and L'anse Aux Meadows where the Vikings followed centuries later is also part of your great nation I believe. I also understand that the French lived for centuries in mutually good relationship with native peoples in your home land. More recently, your land has become the promised land for American Seniors seeking reasonable prescription drug prices. I also understand that Vancouver has the highest property values of any city on our shared continent. And then there is the natural beauty, the skiing and other sports. You can send my promotional travelog fee to my address at ... Seriously, the ACLU would probably take the Irish Flag case for free. This is right up their alley. I agree that the bar owners should take down the flag, pay the fine and then sue for whatever decline in business they can document from previous years as well as damages for loss of future business. Ron and Rand Paul might even file an Amicus Curiae brief on the part of the Libritarian Party. Whatever the outcome, the free publicity would be worth a fortune!

This is not as bad as it appears...there are many towns with ordinances prohibiting banners, signs and flags along roadsides or along business district paths because it results in alot of clutter and even foot and vehicle traffic problems, including visibility. They could hang this in their window, etc. It may be that there is some ordinance about American flags, but the only law I really know of is that the American flag has to be above any other when flown together.