Ó Cuív to sign order on Gaeltacht place-names today

Gaeltacht Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív is due to sign an order today preventing the official use of English place-names in Irish-speaking areas.

Ó Cuív to sign order on Gaeltacht place-names today

Gaeltacht Affairs Minister Éamon Ó Cuív is due to sign an order today preventing the official use of English place-names in Irish-speaking areas.

Under the order, all acts of the Oireachtas, road signs and large-scale ordnance survey maps must use the Irish version of place-names in Gaeltacht areas.

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