Protest over Irish language omissions

Yesterday’s Eircode launch saw a protest by a group that claims 50,000 Irish language addresses are either incomplete or have been entirely omitted from the new postcode database.

Members of Conradh na Gaeilge donned vintage clothing to evoke memories of a 1910 protest at the GPO when the group sought to compel the British government to allow letters addressed in Irish to be delivered through the Royal Mail in 1910.

“There are 50,000 placenames in the Irish language that are missing from the database and we feel that it is extremely wrong that the Irish language has been marginalised again,” said Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha of Conradh na Gaeilge.