The lack of translation facilities for the Irish language at a major European conference in Dublin has been criticised by the Fine Gael TD, Mr Gay Mitchell.
Mr Mitchell was hosting and chairing a two-day meeting of the Conference of Community and European Affairs Committees at Dublin Castle.
He said the event provided a facility for translation into 17 different languages, but not Irish.
He said the fact that the event, which welcomed 130 delegates to the capital, did not have an Irish translation facility was ‘absurd’.
