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<h1 class="gmail-article__title">Alliance call for Irish language role at city council</h1>
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Naomi Long of the Alliance Party is congratulated by her husband
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<h3 class="gmail-article__lead"><p>The Alliance Party says it is seeking to have an Irish language officer appointed at Belfast City Council.</p></h3>
<p>Michael Long, the leader of the party’s council group, made the announcement as he unveiled its language <span class="gmail-vm-hook-outer gmail-vm-hook-default"><span class="gmail-vm-hook" style="color:rgb(0,153,0);border-color:transparent transparent rgb(0,153,0)">policy</span><span class="gmail-vm-hook-icon" style="display:inline-block"></span></span> at An Chulturlann yesterday, in the republican heartland of the Falls Road.</p><p>He
said that the new officer would be tasked with “spreading the reach of
the language”, which is something that “belongs to everyone”.</p><div class="gmail-p402_hide">
</div><p>He also said they backed resources to promote
Ulster-Scots too, and that “those who chose to use to do business with
the Council in Ulster-Scots should be facilitated as far as possible”.</p><p><a href="http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/alliance-call-for-irish-language-role-at-city-council-1-7685574">http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/alliance-call-for-irish-language-role-at-city-council-1-7685574</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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