It’s because of such attitudes that Irish is not normal part of life

Victoria White’s opinion piece (Irish Examiner, 24 September) ignores several facts.

The exposure of unlawful practice by Gardaí when collecting evidence in alleged drink driving cases was due to their failure to implement the Road Traffic Acts and had nothing to do with the Official Languages Act as Ms White mistakenly believes.

The Gardaí, no more than the rest of us, are subject to the law and seeking to deflect blame from their malpractice by calling for the further marginalisation of a minority group and our language is far from liberal, inclusive or embracing of diversity.