Gaeltacht man leaves job after being told not to speak Irish

Peregrine wrote: »

Any reliable reports or this all hearsay?

Ahh Hearsay. . The official language of Boards.ie.

seamus wrote: »

Having a small enclave of employees speaking a different language can create division and paranoia amongst the rest of the employees. Nothing worse than hearing two people talking in a different language followed by stifled laughs, grins and glances.

Indeed, this is probably the case, I suspect, and it would have been exactly the same if they were speaking Polish, Lithuanian or Russian to each other instead of Irish.

OP I don't for a second believe someone was fired for speaking Irish in Kerry.

Successful pub worker in a prestigious Cork city bar resigned after warning him not to speak Irish while on duty.

news emerged on the Southern World on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta today, there was disagreement between Cormac Ó Bric, from Dingle, and the owners of the pub the Flying Enterprise because the young man liked to speak his native language while working.

In a letter sent by the owner of The Flying Enterprise, Finbarr O'Shea to O'Bric on 11 August, he was notified of the bars policy and issued a P45 receipt for not returning to work after unsuccessful talk between himself and the manager about the Irish issue.

It said Ó Bric was warned on 5 August that the pub was an 'English-speaking business' and he not allowed to speak Irish. When notified the young Gaeltacht man said he would no be longer allowed to speak Irish on duty, he refused to start his shiftturn behind the bar and left the workplace.

"I didnt understood it and still do not understand it. I could not go to work in the place again, "said Ó Bric RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Ó Bric said that there were complaints from customers who felt "uncomfortable" because Irish was being spoken in thebar. Bric was speaking his native language to talk with other young West Kerry staff member who was working in The Flying Enterprise and two or three other members of staff were Irish.

He also would like to speak to any customers who had the language.

Speaking to Life in the South today, he said that it is difficult to imagine that customers were complaining about the Irish. He said that customers often said that it was "pleasant" to hear in the bar.

The letter by Finbarr O'Shea indicated to O'Bric that the team were 'multinational' int he bar and restaurant in Cork city and if given permission for all staff to speak their 'mother tongue' "the business could not function".

Finbarr O'Shea, the owner of The Flying Enterprise, said to Helen Simpson from The Southern Life today that people were to speak the "same language" at work in the same way that they had the "some clothes" to wear.

the "language policy" applied in his pub "Because it is a business of Hospitality".

When it was pointed out to him that it is the national language of Ireland, O'Shea said "we're members of Europe also".

for anyone that isnt a native.

_Kaiser_ wrote:

But this has all been done before on many threads and there's no point in trying to convince Irish obsessives of the realities.

im not an irish obsessive I do speak Irish everyday because of where i was born, and the stats are from the census in 2011. they have actually increased since then

Stheno wrote: »

Is it just me or is there a certain irony that the only link the OP can provide to his story is in Irish and he's using it to bash Irish?

http://tuairisc.ie/this-is-an-english-speaking-business-oibri-beair-eirithe-as-a-phost-i-gcorcaigh-tar-eis-rabhadh-a-fhail-gan-gaeilge-a-labhairt/

Irish language site posts story about young Irish speaker fired for speaking Irish.

I personally think there's more to the story myself but as posted, the employee was advised of company policy on the matter, ignored that, and was ultimately fired.

Don't see an issue.

I let Google try an automated translation, and it's saying that the person resigned or didn't show up to work, after being asked not to speak Irish behind the bar. Not fired. The translation is sketchy, though, it needs someone fluent to translate properly.

'This is the Béarla-speaking business' - bar worker resigned his post in Cork has warned not to speak
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It said Ó Bric were warned on 5 August that 'Béarla-speaking business' was in the pub and not allowed to speak Irish. When notified the Gaeltacht young man he would not longer allowed to speak and is on duty, he refused to start their turn behind the bear and left the workplace.

"Not understood it and still do not understand it. I could not go to work in the place again, "said Ó Bric RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Anoyonre else feels that this thread needs a poll to show how many posters could actually read the article without running it through google translate first?

Personally, I'd really love to know

livedadream wrote: »

I was born in Ireland and didnt speak English until i was 7. same as everyone in my community. Irish is our native language. English is the most commonly spoken language. Irish is also our official language.

100% of people living in my apartment are me but I wouldn't try to generalise that fact to the whole country since I realise my apartment isn't representative of the country.

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