Irish language act

Six months after Westminster passed legislation giving official recognition to the Irish language, the Secretary of State has the opportunity to appoint an Irish language commissioner.

“If the DUP don’t want to be part of a government, then it should be possible for them to go into opposition,” Naomi Long has declared, explaining why Alliance is calling for Stormont reform.

Why do you think our current proconsul allows himself to be exposed to ridicule for making daft statements that everyone knows to be untrue? For example, the day protocol checks began in January last year, he said: “There is no Irish Sea border.

It is somewhat ironic that Westminster is required to deliver a key element of the New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) agreement because not all the parties which signed up to it can now agree to implement it.

When the New Decade New Approach (NDNA) agreement was confirmed at Stormont two years ago yesterday, there were genuine hopes that the result would be the restoration of a partnership administration which would work positively for the entire community.

Confirmation that Irish became an official language of the EU at the weekend resolved an important issue which had been under discussion since 2007.

The British government’s tendency to wriggle out of its commitments is in the spotlight once again.

Ian Marshall from Co Armagh said he had been persuaded to join a political party for the first time by new Ulster Unionist leader Doug Beattie.

Timeline: Irish language provision in Northern Ireland :: In 1981, a weekly Irish language radio programme was first produced and broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster.