8 July will be an important date for the Irish language and for those who believe in using the courts to drive change in the light Orange statelet.
For on that day, judgement will be delivered in the Caoimhín Mac Giolla Chathain case which challenges the centuries' old ban on Irish in the court system in the North.
Interestingly, the powers-that-be in the North went in to bat vigorously for this discriminatory piece of legislation, insisting that proper governance of our courts wouldn't be possible unless Irish was banned.
The decision will tell us how far we have travelled since the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 and its promise of a society free of anti-Irish language bias.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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Is sinne daoine dúchais agus s'í teanga dhuchais na tíre seo í á labhairt. más rud é nach naithníonn Cúairt eigin an teanga sin, ní Cuairt dhuchais nó den tír seo í. Mar sin ba cheart gan údaras na Cuairte sin a aithint in am ar bith mar nach bhfuil ann ach cúairt eachtránach fhrith-dhuchasach gan údaras morálta orainn í.
''Interestingly, the powers-that-be in the North went in to bat vigorously for this discriminatory piece of legislation.''
Just wondering what powers-that-be would you have in mind Mairtin?
London, ultimately, through Sec of State who holds courts brief.
BÉIR BUA, A CHAOIMHÍN!
The Anglos-Saxon court system has absolutely no legitimacy in NI or anywhere else.
The use of Irish is a moot point.
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