European flag being ignored by unionist (8)
I believe the answer is:
irishman
'european' is the definition.
(I know that Irishman is a type of Irelander)
'flag being ignored by unionist' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'flag' could be 'iris' (type of iris flower) and 'iris' is present in the answer.
'being' could be 'man' (human being) and 'man' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'h' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for irishman that I've seen before include "National" , "Paddy" , "Dubliner, say" , "islander" , "Dublin native" .)