A tongue-tied céad mile falter

PROTESTERS demanding more EU recognition for the Irish language outside Dublin Castle yesterday couldn’t give a focal.

Fri, 09 Jan, 2004 - 00:00

When Europe Minister Dick Roche approached them and starting chatting in Irish, no one knew what he was saying.

"I went over to the campaigners and started to talk to them in Irish but they hadn't got any Irish," said Mr Roche.

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