Northern Irish minister ends Irish translation
The Health Minister has ended automatic translation into Irish of adverts and press releases of his department.
The policy had cost £151,000 over five years.
At best, I think the adverts would have only increased some awareness of the language of readers of the newspapers. Perhaps such money could be better used to promote the speaking and learning of Iris.
Gerald King said,
April 14, 2008 @ 3:19 pm
14 years to learn Irish. 5 minutes to forget Irish. Good riddance. A waste of time, money, effort, sweat and tears. Its already a dead language. Why not bury it. RIP.
prof robert hallon said,
August 25, 2009 @ 8:53 pm
shame on you gerry king no ardri you.
gaelic is the finest language in the world
(and that’s an aussie prof of chinese linguistics speaking ag obair mar mhuinteoir i n ardscoil Beijing)