Battle over Irish translations in court
22 February 2009
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State is challenging a ruling that would compel it to translate thousands of regulations into the first official language.
It may have fought to secure official recognition for Irish as an EU language, but now the state is challenging a court ruling that would compel it to translate thousands of regulations into the country’s first official language.
Last week the Supreme Court heard an appeal against a High Court ruling in 2004 which found there is a constitutional duty for government departments to publish Statutory Instruments (SIs) simultaneously in English and Irish. The state has cited a shortage of translators as one reason why it shouldn’t have to comply.
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