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The number of Gaeltacht residents who use Irish as their first language is around 80,000. Why, then, are official documents translated (at much expense) into Irish and not Polish?
John Alan O’Donovan
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LIMITED OFFERThe number of Gaeltacht residents who use Irish as their first language is around 80,000. Why, then, are official documents translated (at much expense) into Irish and not Polish?
John Alan O’Donovan
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