Conradh na Gaeilge members were picketing outside the Dáil yesterday as part of their campaign to achieve equal status for Irish and English on road signs and other public areas around the country.
The picketers argued that under the Official Languages Act of 2003, which was established to “ensure better availability and a higher standard of public services through Irish”, the Government should be making more of an effort to bring about equality of the Irish language.
It seems however, that Conradh na Gaeilge’s website is lacking in the bi-lingual department itself. When I clicked on the English language version of the site I found much of the content was “not available in your selected language”.
A case of “practice what you preach” you may ask? Julian de Spáinn, spokesman for the Conradh na Gaeilge, told the Irish Independent: “We have very scarce resources but hope to have enough funding to have the site fully bilingual by March 2007”. Watch this space…
*Headline: Easpa béarla = lack of english
