Bi-lingual road signs

Assembly questions to the Northern Ireland Rural Development Minister, SF's Conor Murphy, on bi-lingual road signs. BBC NI Stormont Live 02/06/08

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[Kevin Conroy]

Agus cén fáth nach mba cheart dóibh a bheith in ann labhairt i dteanga na hÉireann? Cén dochar má tá na comharthaí bóthair i mBéarla agus sa nGaeilge (agus in "Albainis Uladh"?)?? Is í an Ghaeilge teanga dúchais na hÉireann...ní hí an Pholainnis... Biogóidí atá sna dílseoirí - meas ar bith acu ar chultúir eile.

[Xavier435]

What waste of time and money! Before you heckle me this proposal includes bi-lingual road signs in Ulster Scots on the north coast as well as Gaelic elsewhere in the provence.

No disrespect to anyone who speaks either but should we add Polish and Chinese to the list as well? "If it ain't broke don't fix it" as the saying goes; surely this money could be put to better use elsewhere.

[taxi90809080]

its not actually "disgusting and unrespectful" ... asking a question in irish and then english takes up so much extra time ... that was their problem

[taxi90809080]

Most of the people in Sinn Fein who speak Irish cant speak irish ... and the unionists are right to heckle - because this is a stupid idea

[skullywag999]

so right mo chara these unionists are so stuck in the past unable to share power and respect the other side!!!! as we the people say better to speak broken irish than clever english

[jameskeenan2]

fantastic idea.