The outcry in the Ireland Parliament while the Prime Minister slams the “lies” of the opposition … in Irish

Dublin – If you want to accuse someone of having spoken to the Parliament of Ireland, Prime Minister Micheál Martin has just shown the way – saying it in Irish.

The official language of Ireland is Gaeilge (alias Irish Gaelic), simply known as Irish here. The problem is that only a minority of citizens can speak with confidence of what is, massively, an English -speaking country.

Consequently, Martin – a current gaeilgeoir, as native speakers is called – likes to speak for a long time in Irish when he answers questions from the leader of the opposition: Mary Lou McDonald of the Sinn Nationalist Party. This is because, generally, she cannot understand it until he goes to English.

It has become a bigger advantage for Martin in the new parliament in Ireland. Unlike her predecessor, President Verona Murphy cannot speak enough of Irish to judge disputes about the use of the language in Dáil Eireann, the Parliament of Ireland, where Gaeilge is supposed to be encouraged.

This strange situation was highlighted Wednesday when Martin, responding to an McDonald dam of criticisms of government housing policy, began his Irish remarks saying to him: “Tá an teachta dála ag insist Bréaga Arís.”

It took a bench of flesh largely incomprehensible seven full minutes to set up a demonstration, once the Lieutenants of the Party and the Irish speakers Pearse Doherty and Donnchadh ó Laoghaire provided McDonald with the translation of what Martin had said: “The Dáil deputy again tells lies. “

According to the parliamentary rules of Ireland, the members are not supposed to use the word L – but Murphy was not clear what to do with the deployment by Martin of the word B, “bréaga”, which means that is found.

Murphy admitted that she had not heard or understood what the Prime Minister had said. Turning to Martin, she asked: “I would like you to get back, if you made these comments, I don’t know you – did you call the McDonald deputy a liar?”

This put the benches of Sinn Féin on fire with an indignation while a smile of Mona Lisa slipped on Martin’s face.

Doherty refused to take place as Murphy – whose official title is Ceann Comhairle, which means “chief of the council” – struck her bell alongside the stamps in vain.

“He cannot accuse the head of the opposition of” the insistence Ag Bréaga “, said Doherty about Martin. “He took advantage of the fact that the Ceann Comhairle has no Irishman. And it’s an absolute shame!

Murphy told Sinn Féin to file a written complaint and, if the official transcript and the translation finally confirmed the offense, it would again ask the Prime Minister to withdraw the remarks.

Even if the Sinn Féin is the most aggressive promoter of rights for Irish people, in particular in neighboring Northern Ireland, McDonald fought with the language, even by saying the galélized name of at least one of his own comrades party.

Doherty has published a clip published by Martin’s comments and possible demonstrations of Sinn Féin – all subtitles.

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