Press Release: Minister Dermot Ahern announces official and working status for the Irish language in EU: Government proposal unanimously accepted by EU foreign ministers

The Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dermot Ahern, on 13 June 2005, welcomed the decision by EU Foreign Ministers unanimously to approve the Irish Government's proposal to accord official and working status in the EU to the Irish language.

Ireland: Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Press Release, 13.6.05 http://www.pobail.ie/en/PressReleases/2005/June/htmltext,6256,en.html

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