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Foinse newspaper editorial for 1st September 2010
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IRISH LANGUAGE ORIGINAL:
Ba chóir dúinn tacú leo siúd atá go mór in ísle brí
Tá an chuma ar an scéal go bhfuil impleachtaí an chúlaithe eacnamaíochta le feiceáil ag ionad Rutland.
Tá ardú tagtha ar líon na ndaoine atá ag cuardach cabhrach ann agus is scéal brónach é nach bhfuil an t-árachas leighis ná an t-airgead a theastaíonn chun an cúram sin a fháil ag cuid acu.
Léirigh taighde a rinneadh in 2006 go raibh fadhb le mí-úsáid substainte ag 60 faoin gcéad de na daoine a chuir lámh ina mbás féin sa tír seo.
Dá mbeadh an chabhair cheart faighte acu in am seans go mbeadh cuid de na daoine sin fós linn anois.
Bunaíodh an t-ionad Rutland sa bhliain 1978 agus thar na blianta, tá cabhair faighte ag na mílte daoine ó áiteanna ar fud na tíre ann.
Is maith an rud é go bhfuil an meon i leith andúile sa tír seo feabhsaithe.
Is féidir le daoine a admháil anois go dteastaíonn cabhair uathu, rud nach mbíonn éasca a dhéanamh.
Tá áiteanna ar nós ionad Rutland ag tabhairt deis eile do dhaoine atá in ísle brí agus ba cheart go mbeadh tacaíocht á tabhairt dóibh.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATION:
We should support those who are very depressed
It seems that the implications of the economic recession can be seen at the Rutland Centre.
The number of people seeking help there has increased, and it is sad that the health insurance and the money needed for this care is unavailable for some.
Research done in 2006 indicated that 60 percent of those who killed themselves in this country had a substance abuse problem.
If they had received the proper help in time perhaps some of those people would be still with us now.
The Rutland Centre was founded in 1978 and over the years thousands of people from all over the country have received help there.
It is good that the attitude to addiction has improved in this country.
People can now admit that they need help, something which is not easy to do.
Places like the Rutland centre give people who are depressed another chance and they should be supported.
PHRASE BY PHRASE BREAKDOWN OF TEXT:
Ba chóir dúinn
We should
tacú leo siúd
to support those
atá go mór in ísle brí
who are very run down/low
Tá an chuma ar an scéal
It seems
go bhfuil impleachtaí
that implications are
an chúlaithe eacnamaíochta
of the economic recession
le feiceáil
to be seen
ag ionad Rutland.
at the Rutland centre.
Tá ardú tagtha
An increase has come
ar líon na ndaoine
on the number of people
atá ag cuardach cabhrach
who are seeking help
ann
there
agus is scéal brónach é
and it is a sad affair
nach bhfuil an t-árachas leighis
that the health insurance is not
ná an t-airgead
or the money
a theastaíonn
which is needed
chun
to
an cúram sin
that care
a fháil
to get
ag cuid acu.
by some of them.
Léirigh taighde
Research showed
a rinneadh in 2006
that was done in 2006
go raibh fadhb
that there was a problem
le mí-úsáid substainte
with substance abuse
ag 60 faoin gcéad
at 60 per cent
de na daoine
of the people
a chuir lámh ina mbás féin
who killed themselves
sa tír seo.
in this country.
Dá mbeadh an chabhair cheart
If the right help were
faighte
got/received
acu
by them
in am
in time
seans
perhaps
go mbeadh cuid de na daoine sin
that some of those people would be
fós
yet
linn anois.
with us now.
Bunaíodh an t-ionad Rutland
The Rutland centre was founded
sa bhliain 1978
in the year 1978
agus
and
thar na blianta,
through the years,
tá cabhair faighte
help has been received
ag
at/by
na mílte daoine
thousands of people
ó áiteanna
from places
ar fud na tíre
all over the country
ann.
there.
Is maith an rud é
It is a good thing
go bhfuil an meon
that the mind/attitude is
i leith
towards
andúile
addiction
sa tír seo
in this country
feabhsaithe.
improved.
Is féidir le daoine
People can
a admháil
to admit
anois
now
go dteastaíonn cabhair uathu,
that they need help,
rud nach mbíonn éasca
a thing that does not be easy
a dhéanamh.
to do.
Tá áiteanna
Places are
ar nós
like
ionad Rutland
the Rutland centre
ag tabhairt
giving
deis eile
another opportunity
do dhaoine
to/for people
atá in ísle brí
who are run down/feeling low
agus
and
ba cheart go mbeadh tacaíocht
support should be
á tabhairt
being given (‘tacaíocht’ is a ‘female’ word being referred to, therefore ‘á tabhairt’ instead of ‘á thabhairt’)
dóibh.
to/for them.
