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   From: tims_new_home@yahoo.com   
      
   "kat"  wrote in message   
   news:en646uFslheU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > On 06/05/2017 14:30, Judith wrote:   
   >> On Sat, 6 May 2017 11:27:07 +0100, "tim..."    
   >> wrote:   
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   >>> "Basil Jet"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:oei93v$ogc$2@dont-email.me...   
   >>>> On 2017\05\05 15:26, burfordTjustice wrote:   
   >>>>> Influence of English is fading, says EU chief Juncker   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> https://ca.news.yahoo.com/influence-english-fading-says-eu   
   chief-111102556.html   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I hope his words are widely reported in Ireland... Roll on Eirexit!   
   >>>   
   >>> RoI's official EU language is Irish Gaelic.   
   >>   
   >> I think you are wrong there.   
   >>   
   >> I think English is the official language for RoI and Malta.   
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   >   
   > English and Irish Gaelic are official languages in RoI, Irish is the   
   > first, but English is the more commonly used one,  the one most people   
   > actually speak ( though they all study it in school that doesn't translate   
   > into using it! ).   
      
   It's a requirement that all public servants (can) speak it   
      
   I have no idea of the level to which they test that   
      
   tim   
      
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