Northern Ireland 2125?

Out of curiosity, how many bi- or tri-lingual signs have been put up with our third language as officially recognised in the Belfast Agreement?

(And it is Ulster-Scots in case you aren’t aware)

Can you explain why a dual signpost on a public road is "unfair"?

I'd say most people from the P.U.L. community are quite sensible and pragmatic

Do you include the bigot with the angle grinder in that?

Unionism just cannot grasp the fact they have lost this one, like flegs and parades they marched to the top of a hill and now have a thug with an angle grinder trying to do their bidding..

Meanwhile tri-bi-lingual signage is rolling out right across the jurisdiction and tri-bi-lingual branding for towns and cities will be the norm.

 All it does is confuse tourists.

Yeh, who is thinking of all those lost tourists. 😁

How do you people cope when you get out of the country? Or maybe you don't get out much.

The Irish government isnt working towards having a bilingual workforce by 2030. There are no quotas for Irish speakers. In reality the core civil service is starting to get more diverse in its recruitment and increasing numbers of non-nationals are joining. The health sector already has a high % of non-nationals and in the education sector the trend is towards recognition of more overseas qualifications thus opening up more teaching jobs to non-nationals.

Given the way SF behave and have behaved, I'd say a lot of people would be worried about the rights of minorities in a hypothetical U.I., specifically the rights of the best part of a million unionists, which is why there will not be a U.I. in the lifetime of the present army council.

It is the aim of the a.c. / S.F. to be in power in a U.I, is it not?

so why do you post the silly question "So in your feverish dreams you see a UI as a SF takeover? "

Yes it is the case ( 20% of new recruits to the public service must be competent in Irish by the end of 2030.)

The government is spending a lot of money to ensure this will be the case.

Here is a quote from Gaelchultúr, who are (they day) honoured to be chosen by the state body Foras na Gaeilge, as the designated provider of Irish language training for the public sector. 

Quote:

Under the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021, 20% of new recruits to the public service must be competent in Irish by the end of 2030. State bodies across the country are focused on developing and providing expert quality services to the public through Irish, resulting in more public sector jobs for Irish-language speakers than ever before.

You may think FG/FG was all one party because they are both centrist parties and the military wing of the party you follow did not recognise this state during the troubles, but nevertheless the following all happened here as you know, back in the day.

Irish being compulsory in schools, Irish being necessary for admission in to public service, univestities etc. Republican version of history being taught in schools, public building re-named after "those who won us our freedom" etc.

Even to this day a minimum grade of O6/H7 in the Leaving Certificate Irish is required for most students to get in to University College Dublin, so why would'nt SF want the same for Queens in due course?

you cannot deny any of the facts

I'm not worried about shinners under the bed: in fact I wrote "Given the way SF behave and have behaved, I'd say a lot of people would be worried about the rights of minorities in a hypothetical U.I., specifically the rights of the best part of a million unionists, which is why there will not be a U.I. in the lifetime of the present army council."

What 'rights' of a million Unionists have SF; after democratic agreements among democratically elected representatives, continually blocked, used the Petition Of Concern against (abused it) and the Call-In mechanism against or taken an angle grinder to and threatened the public?

That is just for a start, we can move on to the supremacist shennanagins over the Protocol and the attempt to block the will of over 500 elected MP's in the Parliament they are supposed to be loyal to, and the threats to life and property arising out of their inability to accept democratic decisions.