<div>Hey, Jeffrey! thanks for this! There've been so few discussions recently about anything on this list I was beginning to wonder what had happened.</div>
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<div>Hal<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/25/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeffrey Kallen</b> <<a href="mailto:jkallen@tcd.ie">jkallen@tcd.ie</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Anyone who is interested in the recent statements from Enda Kenny (a fluent<br>Irish speaker, incidentally, and the leader of the Fine Gael party) in
<br>favour of making Irish optional in the schools and in the reaction to this<br>position, may be interested to know that an on-line petition addressed to<br>Fine Gael has been opened up at<br><<a href="http://www.PetitionOnline.com/gaeilge/petition.html">
www.PetitionOnline.com/gaeilge/petition.html</a>>. The petition allows room<br>for people who have signed (1383 so far) to add their comments, and these<br>comments are quite interesting for anyone who follows the debates on Irish
<br>language policy today. You do not have to sign the petition to read the<br>names or comments on it.<br><br>Jeff Kallen<br>Trinity College Dublin<br><br></blockquote></div><br>