Irish is to become the 21st official language of the EU following an agreement by European foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday (13 June).
From January 2007, all key legislation in the bloc will be translated into Irish with ways of extending this to other legislation to be looked at in 2011.
Welcoming the decision, Irish foreign minister Dermot Ahern told Irish RTE radio that it was a "very long and torturous campaign" to get Ireland's first official language recognised at E...
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