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Elsewhere in the world, language is used for communication – in NI it’s all about demarcation

?If the Irish language could talk, what do you think it would say? We know what people on both sides of the community here make of the Irish language. But what do you think the Irish language makes of us?

"The (expensive) controversy over whether there should be bilingual signs at Translink’s modestly named Belfast Grand Central Station rumbles on...

" If the Irish language could talk, what do you think it would say? We know what people on both sides of the community here make of the Irish language. But what do you think the Irish language makes of us? Is it not possible, likely even, that given the chance to speak for itself, it might express dismay about how it’s been treated in recent years — not just by some of those who appear to want it written off into history, but also by a fair few of those who claim to love it and want it to prosper..