Government pauses funding for Irish language promotion body in Cork over 'shortcomings'

Gael-Taca’s secretary, Adrian Breathnach, said: 'We did everything we could and we are being treated unfairly.' File picture: David Keane
The Government has suspended all funding to an Irish language promotion organisation in Cork over governance and financial control “shortcomings”, as the body says it is being treated “unfairly”.
Funding to the Irish organisation in Cork City, Gael-Taca, has been suspended since February, with the Department of an Gaeltacht saying that it does not have the “organisational capacity” to handle State funds.