Language policy critic hits the wrong target

IN his letter (April 25), Darren Mac an Phríora seems to adopt the bizarre tactics of the more extreme elements of the Irish language lobby by attacking politicians who have distinct policies on the language and praising those who have none at all.

He asked the Fine Gael frontbench “if they thought the party had failed the Irish language?”

In asking this, he focuses on their proposal to make Irish optional after the Junior Certificate and completely ignores the many other excellent proposals made by Fine Gael.