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<h1 class="gmail-article__title">Council to look at cost of Irish and Ulster Scots Christmas lights and signs</h1>
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<h3 class="gmail-article__lead"><p>It’s Merry Christmas, Nollaig Shona Duit
and Ablythe Yuletide from Derry City and Strabane District Council,
which voted to look at the costs and logistics of putting up festive
greetings in English, Irish and Ulster Scots at its monthly meeting on
Thursday.</p></h3>
<p>Sinn Féin Councillor Karina Carlin originally moved that Council go ahead and procure and erect signage in the Irish language.</p><p>“There
are thousands of fluent Irish speakers across the district and many
more thousands learning the language. “It’s important such an important
and vibrant community is reflected in the public realm, not least during
festive events and at Christmas time,” she said.</p><div class="gmail-p402_hide">
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</div><p>Councillor Carlin argued that under 4.2.8 of the
Council’s Irish Language Policy, the Council has a duty to ensure the
language is a part of the civic celebrations. </p><div class="gmail-p402_hide">
</div><p>But Rhonda Hamilton, on behalf of the DUP, proposed an
amendment requesting that the Council instead look at trilingual signage
in Irish, English and Ulster Scots.</p><p>Councillor Karlin argued a
separate motion should be brought forward for Ulster Scots but that
under 4.2.8 , “not only is there a power to ensure that Irish is
included, there is a duty to do this.”</p><p>Independent Gary Donnelly,
who, as a parent of a pupil in attendance at a Gaeilscoil said he
supported the original motion, asked City Solicitor Philip Kingston, if
legally, Ulster Scots was a language or a dialect.</p><p>Mr Kingston said he’d have to look into it.</p><p><a href="http://www.derryjournal.com/news/council-to-look-at-cost-of-irish-and-ulster-scots-christmas-lights-and-signs-1-7651926">http://www.derryjournal.com/news/council-to-look-at-cost-of-irish-and-ulster-scots-christmas-lights-and-signs-1-7651926</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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