Irish Language Act to be revived [Independent.ie]
- Published: 26 May 2011
A bid to revive the scuppered Irish Language Act will be launched later this year, Stormont's Culture Minister has indicated.
Caral Ni Chuilin told an Assembly scrutiny committee she realised she would require cross-party support to secure legislative protections for gaelic but confirmed she intended to bring forward proposals.
The newly appointed Sinn Fein minister did not face any questions on the furore over her decision to appoint IRA killer Mary McArdle as her departmental special advisor as she made her first appearance before the Culture, Arts and Leisure (CAL) committee.
After the meeting, the North Belfast MLA also declined to make any further comment on the appointment of Ms McArdle, 46, who was jailed for her part in the murder of primary school teacher Mary Travers and the attempted murder of her judge father Tom in Belfast in 1984.
The meeting, instead, focused on a number of issues facing the CAL department in the coming term, with the Irish language raised on a number of occasions.
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