Please mind ya language: Blaney
BALLYCASTLE Independent councillor Seamus Blaney said he thought those writing to Moyle Council applying for Irish and Ulster Scots would have included their addresses in their particular form of language in their letters if they were so concerned about promotion.
That prompted Council Chairperson, Ulster Unionist councillor Willie Graham, to say: "Maybe they can't speak Irish or Ulster-Scots, not like me, I can speak Ulster-Scots."
Council Vice-Chairperson, Sinn Fein councillor Cara McShane, disagreed with Councillor Blaney saying the Irish language school did write in Irish in their application regarding signs at Kilns Road and Mill Street.
Meanwhile, Councillor Blaney said Ulster-Scots is not a language but a dialect.
And he said Sinn Fein were in effect promoting the Ulster-Scots because he predicted bids would come in for Ulster-Scots signs if Sinn Fein pushed through the Irish signs in Moyle.
Councillor Blaney wondered what an area like Glenville in Cushendall would be called in Irish.
Councillor Oliver McMullan (Sinn Fein) said he had a list of all streets and roads in Moyle with their Irish translation.
It is possible that money may have to be paid for experts to translate signs into Ulster-Scots and Irish and SDLP councillor Catherine McCambridge said that rather than pay they may be able to get other assistance for free.
Independent councillor Randal McDonnell wondered how often bilingual signs will be replaced if they are vandalised.
Ulster Unionist councillor Helen Harding wanted to know just how much the names would change when translated.
Meanwhile, Cara McShane, said it was agreed that any requests for signage would be on a "first come first served" basis and said some of the requests for Irish signs are over three years old.
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