Article: Council backing for Irish language Act.

Article: War of words over Irish language act.
Tyrone Times (Dungannon, Northern Ireland);  October 23, 2007 ;     700 words ... ... Poots, not to introduce an Irish Language Act. Responding to a statement ... that we would not support any Irish Language Act and I am glad that the Minister ... opposed to the introduction of an Irish Language Act, despite the majority of respondents ...

Article: DUP to veto Irish language act in north
Belfast Telegraph;  May 19, 2007 ;     532 words ... ... An act is a key demand from Irish language advocates who feel it deserves ... than the introduction of an Irish Language Act.As things stand at the minute ... funded in comparison to the Irish language. It is about making up (the ...

Article: Irish language act in North this year 'if ...
Belfast Telegraph;  March 20, 2007 ;     623 words ... ... press ahead with plans for an Irish Language Act if unionists and nationalists ... Department of Culture in Belfast the Irish language would be given a recognised ... proposed the appointment of an Irish language Commissioner and the establishment ...

Article: Irish language act won't happen - Campbell.
Derry Journal (Derry, Northern Ireland);  August 23, 2007 ;     487 words ... ... said that his party did not agree to Irish language legislation during the negotiations ... legislation would be passed. "The issue of Irish language legislation may have been discussed ... said that the funding gap between the Irish language and Ulster Scots had to be addressed ...

Article: Poots to meet Adams over Irish Language Act
Belfast Telegraph;  July 18, 2007 ;     635 words ... ... a "long-sighted view". "The Irish language threatens no-one. It is not compulsory. Irish language rights threaten no-one," the Sinn ... which includes the creation of an Irish language commissioner and giving people the ...

Article: Campbell rejects Irish language criticism.
Londonderry Sentinel (Portadown, Northern Ireland);  July 1, 2008 ;     567 words ... ... systematically attack everything to do with the Irish language." He said the DUP is at present planning ... same strategy that has them blocking the Irish Language Act, complaining about the Irish Language Broadcast Fund and generally seeking to ...

Article: Minister's Irish language strategy criticised
Belfast Telegraph;  December 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... SDLP have campaigned for an Irish Language Act but that is not going to happen. "Despite their being no Irish Language Act, my department has already allocated Pounds 40m to promote the Irish language, and that is not taking into ...