"Andy" <andy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>
> "Ciaran" <ciaran@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> Andy wrote:
>>> "Ciaran" <ciaran@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>>> news:zN4nh.1288$A8.779@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Click on the "ga" link on the EU homepage: "Bealach isteach don
Aontas
>>>> Eorpach":
>>>>
>>>> http://europa.eu/
>>>>
>>>> or,
>>>>
>>>> http://europa.eu/index_ga.htm
>>>>
>>>> and,
>>>>
>>>> http://ec.europa.eu/news/culture/061227_1_en.htm
>>>>
>>>> and,
>>>>
>>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6212033.stm
>>>>
>>>> Irish language to get EU status
>>>> Irish and EU flags
>>>> The EU recognises the Irish language's resurgence
>>>> The Irish language (Gaeilge) is set to get official status in the EU
on
>>>> 1 January, bringing the total to 23.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have just been interestingly been watching 'the panel' on RTE1
>>> (12/Jan) and they had this fella who travelled across Ireland and was
>>> only allowed to speak Irish and they filmed it, I think it was TG4.
>>> Anyway needless to say there was hardly anyone who could understand
what
>>> the hell he was saying.
>>>
>>> Its a dead language and they should stop flogging it and definitely
not
>>> spend huge amounts of money and resources on reviving it.
>>>
>> Well, Andy, I have been to Eire and I know a little Gaeilge which I
used
>> when I was there at Bru Na Boinne and got replies in fluent Gaeilge, so
>> it would appear you are listening to Anglophilic propaganda on that TV
of
>> yours. There's nothing like personal observation is there ?
>>
>
> Anglophilic propaganda on RTE whatever next eh? .....
Frequently. LOL! Actually, he is perfectly correct, IMO. The enforcement
of
the use of Irish as a language is indeed the greatest waste of money,
effort, and human resources yet. Far more im****tant things to throw money
at
in the Republic, such as the Health, sic. "Service", which is just a joke,
reinforcing and improving the Garda Siochana, which needs a great deal to
foster it's credibility in the light of the increase in criminality. Also,
better education. An un-corruptible Civil Service, whatever. As regards
the
native language, why cannot we be like the Welsh? NO enforcement, purely
treated as a personal hobby. The result is most Welsh speak fluent Welsh
Gaelic even though it is useless outside Wales. The greatest sadness is
that
there are vast amounts of money available for all those targets to be
easily
achievable.
--
Hal Ó Mearadhaigh.
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