Although Irvine himself, being from Northern Ireland, identifies himself as being Irish despite holding a British passport, his parents' house in County Down was targeted by loyalists as they felt they had been betrayed by the Ferrari driver.
Aínda que o propio Irvine, de Irlanda do Norte, se identifícase como irlandés a pesar de ter pasaporte británico, a casa dos seus pais no Condado de Down foi branco dos lealistas do Ulster xa que sentían que foran traizoados polo piloto de Ferrari.