IRISH SCHOOLCHILDREN GIVE LANGUAGE LESSON TO EU

A group of Irish schoolchildren picketed the Offices of the European Union in Dublin on Friday to highlight the campaign to have the Irish language recognised as a working language for EU business. In May 20 languages will receive official accreditation from the EU however Irish is excluded from the list. The youth and commitment

A group of Irish schoolchildren picketed the Offices of the European

Union in Dublin on Friday to highlight the campaign to have the Irish

language recognised as a working language for EU business.

In May 20 languages will receive official accreditation from the EU

however Irish is excluded from the list.

The youth and commitment of yesterdays protesters it is hoped will

send a clear message to the EU hierarchy that the issue of official

EU status for Irish will not go away - even if in May they choose

to ignore the requests for its status to to be recognised.

Bernard Moffatt

Secretary General