The compromise, which was bitterly resented in Iraq, was the so-called League of Nations Mandate, granted to Britain in 1920.
Under the compromise, which leaders of both sides acknowledged they found distasteful, the rectangular battle flag would be removed from the dome and from the two legislative chambers.
They aired their fears as England's 55,000 junior doctors began analysing the detail of the compromise, which they will vote to accept or reject next month.
The compromise, which was hammered out in secret talks in Istanbul late last month, has yet to be approved formally by the 15-member European Union or by Turkey.
People involved in the deal said that the compromise, which took about two months to complete, was important in bringing both companies to the negotiating table.
Last-minute talks on Monday resulted in the compromise, which will see Anthony Brooke and Rory Macnamara join the Alliance board as soon as they have regulatory approval.
The compromise, which sets the medical standards for receiving money from the fund, was reached unexpectedly early yesterday after all-night talks between Democratic and Republican staff members for the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Mr Mitchell, 66, left behind in his final report a ringing endorsement of the compromise, which paves the way for Northern Ireland's first ever inclusive government within two weeks and IRA decommissioning in January.
Not everyone was satisfied with the compromise, which would allow federal support for research on existing cell colonies, or lines, but not for the creation of new ones, which requires the destruction of human embryos.
On Wednesday night, bishops overwhelmingly voted for the compromise, which included what its drafters said was tacit approval of rites for same-sex unions for dioceses in which the bishops supported such blessings.
