Keith Costello and his mother Liz show some of the thousands of flags they produced for the Pope's visit.

Vatican flags fail to fly off the shelves for Papal visit

By Bernie Ní Fhlatharta

A TUAM businessman is left with up to 10,000 Vatican City flags after overestimating the demand for them during the Papal visit.
But Keith Costello of Irish Wholesale Flags says he is not unduly worried as experience has taught him that there probably will be a demand for them down the line.
He was the only person in Ireland to get the franchise to sell the specially made yellow and white Vatican City flags.

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