Council apologises for not translating draft County Development Plan into Irish

Language Commissioner Rónán Ó Domhnaill has criticised Cork County Council over the lack of Irish translations of townlands and villages.

Senior officials at Cork County Council have apologised for breaching legislation by not producing complete Irish language versions of the latest draft County Development Plan (CDP).

However, they insist that the timeframe for compiling such documents is too short to get a team of translators in place and still meet statutory deadlines.