<div dir="ltr"><h1 class="gmail-story-body__h1">Boat's Irish name Banríon Uladh becomes Queen of Ulster</h1>
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<span class="gmail-byline__name">By Conor Macauley</span>
<span class="gmail-byline__title">BBC NI Agriculture & Environment Correspondent</span>
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The Banríon Uladh has been renamed Queen of Ulster
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</figure><p class="gmail-story-body__introduction">A fisheries
protection vessel had its Irish name replaced with its English
translation because the executive department which owns it has a "single
language policy".</p><p>Banríon Uladh has been renamed Queen of Ulster. </p><p>Agriculture Minister Michelle McIlveen said the boat had been renamed as her department had a "fresh identity".</p><p>A number of small inland fisheries protection vessels still carry Irish names.</p><p>The vessel was named Banríon Uladh by the then Sinn Féin agriculture minister Michelle Gildernew when it was bought in 2010.</p><p>Ms
Gildernew's party colleague Catherine Seeley asked an assembly question
of the DUP's Ms McIlveen seeking the cost and rationale for the change.</p><figure class="gmail-media-with-caption">
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<figcaption class="gmail-media-with-caption__caption"><span class="gmail-off-screen">Media caption</span>The Queen of Ulster patrols as far south as Anglesey and as far north as Lough Foyle</figcaption>
</figure><p>The minister told the assembly the change had been carried
out "at a scheduled annual maintenance event involving repairs,
repainting and anti-fouling" during a refit several weeks ago. </p><p>She
said as her department was a new one there had "consequently been some
necessary adaptations to assets transferring to the new department".</p><h2 class="gmail-story-body__crosshead">Controversy</h2><p>"DAERA
(Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs) is a new
department with a fresh identity and logo and adopts a single language
policy," she said.</p><p>The ship also attracted controversy when it was first named back in 2010.</p><p>Then
DUP MLA Stephen Moutray claimed the Irish name would make it difficult
for the boat to be identified in emergency radio transmissions.</p><p>He also suggested it might not meet the requirement for a neutral working environment for crew.</p><p>Ms Gildernew said the name was cosmetic and the ship's call sign was the unique emergency identifier. </p><p>She
quoted Equality Commission guidelines which said use of language other
than English in workplaces did not "in general constitute an
infringement of a good and harmonious working environment".</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-37507482">http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-37507482</a><br></p><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">**************************************<br>N.b.: Listing on the lgpolicy-list is merely intended as a service to its members<br>and implies neither approval, confirmation nor agreement by the owner or sponsor of the list as to the veracity of a message's contents. Members who disagree with a message are encouraged to post a rebuttal, and to write directly to the original sender of any offensive message. A copy of this may be forwarded to this list as well. (H. Schiffman, Moderator)<br><br>For more information about the lgpolicy-list, go to <a href="https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/" target="_blank">https://groups.sas.upenn.edu/mailman/</a><br>listinfo/lgpolicy-list<br>*******************************************</div>
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