So everything goes tits up for the Irish language act? We have no assembly because of the Irish language act, education, nhs, funding, social welfare and everything else a local government wants to provide can’t be done because of the Irish language act?
Get a majority and push it through, until then work the system.
Substitute 'denial of equality' for 'Irish Language Act' and your post will make more sense.
Now who in n.i is actually being denied equality?
People who wish to conduct business with their government in a language spoken here for 2 millenia.
Are you serious? Or being pedantic? While I love Irish culture and GAA speaking Irish or any other language in government isn’t cutting the mustard with basic health and well-being issues, education and reform, housing and infrastructure and better solutions to helping the environment are much more crucial.
If you’d rather be able to speak Irish in government (which you can if you want to and be fluent in Irish) than sorting out real issues then knock yourself out. In the real world let’s just call a spade a spade.
A state of the Art compact stadium to host Ulster finals etc is overdue, whether Casement is the place for this remains to be seen.
Would totally agree re Irish language act and real world . Health, jobs, economy , education is what directly effects all of us, and by neglecting these things many people are suffering . SF are potentially playing a game of making NI unworkable and highlighting that NI is a failure ( which it is under most parameters whether there is a government or not ) . The danger with this game is that it antigonises unionists and motivates them to resist anything which erodes the union as they see it, whilst most nationalists and republicans even SF supporters are annoyed by the effects of no government.
It annoys me that those promoting the Irish language are now being blamed by all unionists and most nationalists for the current fiasco , through lazy media analysis.
A few points re Irish language :
1. The Irish language act merely replicates acts in Scotland and Wales
2. Most modern civilisations respect the importance of maintaining indigenous language and culture
3. Unionists lack of generosity re the Irish language mirrors their previous resistance to civil rights campaign , for some it’s a manifestation of a racist anti-Irish ethos .
4. SF should define the specifics of the Act which should emphasise an evidenced based approach to promoting a language . This should include promotion and protection of positive cultural heritages for all communities , whilst calling out negative and exclusive culture for what it is.
5. SF owe it to their supporters many of whom are suffering due to lack of government to get back in to stormont and could steal the high moral ground by agreeing to Park the New cultural act for a 2 year period and would be justified in pulling the plug again if no progress agreed in that time frame. Clearly exposing DUP , whilst gaining back respect from all of nationalism and middle ground and even some unionists
6. Some sort of All-Island settlement is inevitable within the next 10 years, it seems to me that getting unionists on side should be of paramount concern for those serious about a UI