MEP attacks Government ‘propaganda’ on EU recognition of Irish language

European taxpayers should not have to pay to accommodate the decision to make Irish an official language in the European Parliament, according to Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson.

European taxpayers should not have to pay to make Irish an official language in the European Parliament, according to Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson.

The cost of employing staff, external translation and publication was estimated at €1.4m per year by the European Parliament's governing Bureau in Strasbourg last night.