Drink-drive controversy has nothing to do with languages act

The fact that legislation stating breath test results must be furnished in both official languages was ignored, is not the fault of the Irish language, says Rónán Ó Domhnaill    

IN last Thursday’s Irish Examiner, Victoria White advanced the sensationalist theory that the Official Languages Act (2003) is “killing off what’s left of the Irish language”.

Apparently, people convicted of drink-driving “may get off scot-free because of the interpretation of the Official Languages Act which was signed into law in 2011 in the Road Traffic Act”.