<div dir="ltr"><span style="padding:0px 6px 0px 0px"> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.ballymenatimes.com/news/call-for-mea-council-to-block-irish-language-legislation-1-8275230&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTNTgwMzQ0OTU2OTQ5MTc5ODAyMDIaZTg4YjRlMWZjZmQyMWM0OTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGpXjEc5rmAa1im_FRJd20dizab-w" style="color:rgb(66,127,237);display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-size:16px;line-height:20px" target="_blank"> <span>Call for MEA Council to block Irish <b>language</b> legislation </span></a><br><br><a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.ballymenatimes.com/news/call-for-mea-council-to-block-irish-language-legislation-1-8275230&ct=ga&cd=CAEYCCoTNTgwMzQ0OTU2OTQ5MTc5ODAyMDIaZTg4YjRlMWZjZmQyMWM0OTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGpXjEc5rmAa1im_FRJd20dizab-w" style="color:rgb(66,127,237);display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-size:16px;line-height:20px" target="_blank"> </a> </span> <div style="color:rgb(115,115,115);font-size:12px"> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(115,115,115)"> <span>Ballymena Times</span> </a> </div> It reads: "That this Council, noting the existing lavish provision for Irish <b>language</b> interests, opposes any attempt, under any legislative guise, to make Irish an official <b>language</b>
in Northern Ireland or to require to be treated on a par with English,
either in the council or elsewhere, believing such would ..<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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