Adams says Irish must secure official EU language status

The Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams, is urging the Taoiseach to seek and secure official status for the Irish language during our presidency of the EU.

Adams says Irish must secure official EU language status

The Sinn Féin President, Gerry Adams, is urging the Taoiseach to seek and secure official status for the Irish language during our presidency of the EU.

Mr Adams says the accession of new states in May will see the current 11 official languages increased to 20.

He says Maltese, which has 380,000 speakers, is already recognised. Mr Adams says as there are at least that many Irish speakers here, and many more with knowledge of the language, it should be officially recognised too.

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