Millions wasted trying to save dying language

DETAILS of a leaked report on the Irish language recently found their way into the public domain providing a damning insight into the current state of the native tongue.

Statistics from the Gaeltacht indicated that the language is dying out with only half the people there able to speak it, while only a quarter of all school-goers have some fluency.

Countless millions of euro are poured into Gaelscoileanna, road signage, books, legislation and massive sponsorship of Irish-speaking groups.

Many local councils have serious concerns about legislation forcing them to spend a sizeable proportion of their budget on Irish translation, maps and drawings.

If the leaked report is anyway near the truth, then all of it is just a scandalous waste of taxpayers’ money.

Another tribunal, anyone?

Maurice Fitzgerald

Shanbally

Ringaskiddy

Co Cork