Colm O'Regan: Sometimes things are found in translation 

I did an event a few years ago where one panel discussion was 100% in beautiful native spoken Irish. But 90% of the room hadn’t a clue what was going on. And felt bad about it and left out. Wouldn’t it be great if those 300 people all learned one new word each?

President Catherine Connolly on a visit to Gaelscoil Inse Chór in Dublin. Picture: Marc O'Sullivan

The presidential election seems like a year ago now. The foreign media have gone home.