Reader's blog: Disappointment at absence of election debate as Gaeilge

As an Irish speaker, viewer, and former board member of TG4, I am extremely disappointed by the broadcaster’s apparent decision not to convene a candidates’ debate as Gaeilge during the current presidential campaign.

As two out of the six candidates are fluent in Irish, Liadh Ní Riada of Sinn Féin and President Higgins himself, it seems unfair to these two aspirants that a debate would not be held in which all six candidates could demonstrate their avowed commitment to the language to viewers.