If Maltese can be official language, why can’t Irish?

IT is clear from the answer which he gave to the Fine Gael Leader, Mr Enda Kenny, TD in the Dáil last wednesday that the Taoiseach is badly advised in relation to the status of the Irish language in the EU.

If Maltese can be official language, why can’t Irish?

The conditions to be fulfilled by any state which wishes to include its national language as an official EU language are as follows:

1. That it be an official language throughout that state;

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