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Are there more Orangemen than fluent Irish speakers?
10 January 2020
The 2017-18 Continuous Household Survey indicates there are an estimated 35,955 persons with conversational fluency of Irish, and the current Grand Secretary of the Orange

Peace

Does no one in Mid Ulster speak Irish?
30 March 2019
This claim is inaccurate. 440 people living in the local government district spoke Irish as their first language, according to the 2011 Census. 22,986 people

Peace

Was Irish spoken for the first time in the House of Commons?
26 October 2018
The claim is inaccurate. There is an official record (Hansard) of Irish spoken in the House of Commons, by Thomas O’Donnell MP, on 19 February

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Peace

Is Irish the only language banned in Northern Ireland courts?
7 August 2018
English is the working language of court proceedings in Northern Ireland; interpretation and translation services are provided for those who do not speak or understand

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TheJournal.ie: Are there really more Polish speakers than Irish speakers in Northern Ireland?
13 February 2017
This claim is inaccurate. While the 2011 Census data show more people in Northern Ireland speaking Polish than Irish as their main language, based on

Education

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Peace

TheJournal.ie: Did the DUP really never commit to an Irish Language Act?
30 January 2017
The St Andrew’s Agreement committed the UK Government to an Irish Language Act, but subsequent legislation compelled the Northern Ireland Executive to produce a strategy