tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post2607838220484404459..comments2023-10-02T10:31:13.350+01:00Comments on Gombeen Nation: An Coimisinéir TeangaThe Gombeen Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-55838113151716092982013-11-04T21:29:17.259+00:002013-11-04T21:29:17.259+00:00at long last it was announced there will be an end...at long last it was announced there will be an end to civil servants who pass a proficiency test in Irish getting extra marks in promotion interviews later on- even if those IVs were usually conducted in English- AND this bonus effect went on for Several yrs after each proficiency test- at Last a bit of progressannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-85056586570179124162013-10-27T18:11:20.988+00:002013-10-27T18:11:20.988+00:00Yes, DC3. And while others get away scot-free wit...Yes, DC3. And while others get away scot-free with bankrupting and wrecking the country... <br /><br />Priorities amiss somewhere there, one thinks.The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-59611263699914559712013-10-26T17:54:09.734+01:002013-10-26T17:54:09.734+01:00GM if this was 1999 even 2007-8 I would be surpris...GM if this was 1999 even 2007-8 I would be surprised that the Fascist Mind Police, could implement up to 2000e or imprisonment for not "COOPERATING," I'm not now. "Actually" GM it makes sense as John says: "I am seriously worried about the mental state in Ireland at the moment." Whatever next GM, looking for your papers coming out of a housing estate? Zeik Hail.<br /><br />Imprisonment, just think of that for a moment, your criminalised just because you don't bow to BS, and value your sanity. Dog, RTE Licence comes to mind.<br /><br />Hick, cartoon logic. DC3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-34758921598113091262013-10-24T16:58:43.775+01:002013-10-24T16:58:43.775+01:00@ Anna, John.
Such regulations should be ignored ...@ Anna, John.<br /><br />Such regulations should be ignored for the nonsense they are. Before O'Cuiv's fascistic Language Act, Gaeltacht road signs could be bi-lingual. <br /><br />Since 2005 they can be only be in Gaelic... much to the confusion of natives and tourists alike. The authorities used taxpayers' money to paint out the English and erect new signs at great expense.<br /><br />A great example of waste and gombeenism in our public service.<br /><br />@ Nenad. Good to hear from you, mate. <br /><br />O'Cuiv's bill needs to be repealed. I notice all this nonsense started happening when Ireland became a country of inward migration... Subtle way of excluding and marginalising "blow-ins" I wonder?<br /><br />The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-63213105433297412102013-10-23T18:36:42.801+01:002013-10-23T18:36:42.801+01:00Somebody smashed the front-window of the Ennis-Mus...Somebody smashed the front-window of the Ennis-Museum a few years ago. The costs were about €2.000, which was paid by the museum without any support from the council. But that was not the only thing the museums director was worried about. After visiting the damage the local inspector claimed something else: the signs in the museum were all in english only. They had to be replaced by english/irish ones. Therefore the inspector sent an email to the director written in irish. The director had to find somebody to translate. In the end he had to pay another €1.000 on top of the damaged window for the new signs. Nenadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364463905302830157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-14372419073938528322013-10-22T16:45:29.140+01:002013-10-22T16:45:29.140+01:00In parts of Tallaght they put up street names with...In parts of Tallaght they put up street names with out the Irish equivalent, on breech of the said act..could name where but will not.. as they are busy taking blonde haired children from Roma families there in Tallaght, so I read today. I am seriously worried about the mental state in Ireland at the momentJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-4372175897879682252013-10-21T23:02:44.075+01:002013-10-21T23:02:44.075+01:00We can only hope...We can only hope...The Gombeen Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05024662128072120489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-57251036029962113382013-10-21T22:34:25.326+01:002013-10-21T22:34:25.326+01:00Re Priory hall: The solution Finally -after 1 man&...Re Priory hall: The solution Finally -after 1 man's suicide -was Dublin City council will take it off the hands of the unfortunate people who bought in good faith- after being sold a pup thanks to the Councils Hugely negligent safety checking - 10% of buildings or something like that ngs :( I Think in UK all buildings have to be checked- and even significant changes to existing buildings) .<br />So Council will now take on these peoples mortgages- and their banks will give them new ones for decent buildings- and the council will now upgrade Priory hall and use it for social housing- and this plan is Exactly what i Assumed would happen " YRS ago- as to me this was the OBVIOUS solution- as the council had a Duty of Care to those people- YET it took a Suicide to force a solution- a solution that was Staring ina the face of a Council that Refused to take responsibility- it wasnt the builder alone who was responsible. Incidentally when i first saw this on TV, the safety officer who was beign interviewed ( I think this was the whistle blower) seemed to have a NI accent- some how it often seems to take those born outside here to spot glaring ommissions. Yet it took 2 yrs and a suicide to bring a solution. X case- over 20 yrs and a death to force a change in law to stop pregnant women with a life threatening pregnancy from dying,<br />Let's hope there are no more deaths in bringing this country into the 21st century.annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-44129691319377144482013-10-21T22:20:42.485+01:002013-10-21T22:20:42.485+01:00However my Dept is mostly Dublin based- certain Go...However my Dept is mostly Dublin based- certain Govt departments who are regionally based ( eg local offices of Revenue and Agriculture) would be Far more likely to get correspondence in Irish- and after all people in Galway Kerry etc who DO have it as their 1st language do have a right to communicate in a language they feel comfortable in- IF they aren't genuinely bi-lingual: However the ridiculous instance shown above does Nothing to help the rights of people who Genuinely do NOt undertand English- well ACTUALLY THE ACT IS TO FORCE THE IRISH LANGUAGE ON PEOPLE WHO Don't have it as 1st language- most of us.However as i said my Dept for reason above doesn't usaully fall foul of Commissioner- so they have to try hard to find offence: 2 YRS ago, one office Was Reprimnded ( not sure if a fine was involved).Reason- this office reminds certain business sectors of a legal obligation by sending them an annual automatic computer generated reminder EG a letter a bit like a TV or car tax reminder)- it's pretty obvious what the letter is a reminder of- BUT a complaint was made to the Kommissioner anyway :<br />It IS Shocking the Zeal of these peopel with their meanigless jobs annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-9716433082042043902013-10-21T22:07:38.670+01:002013-10-21T22:07:38.670+01:00Thanks Ralph I must have a good listen to those cl...Thanks Ralph I must have a good listen to those clips- I am a civil servant with a Govt Dept_ I am from NI and am 11 yrs there_ I know more Irish after learning it for 3 yrs in grammar school in NI than most co- workers who did 12 yrs.After 11 yrs in the job I Never got a telephone call In Irish - and 2 letters: I translated letter 1 and answered in English. Letter two was more involved- I got someone to translate it for me, typed the translation and left that on file with the original- it did not invite a response, as it was a reply to a query i had sent. However the recipient of my response to letter one Could have reported me to the commission- I had sent that about 2003-2005, before this commission really began to bite: My dept occassionally now sends us reminders now to have the Few ( or any)letters recieved first sent to a translator to find out what in them(!)- and then the same translation translator would have to translate any reply drafted. annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5829381583204750928.post-16688275318569477312013-10-21T18:05:07.604+01:002013-10-21T18:05:07.604+01:00IRELAND NEEDS A NEW LANGUAGE FREEDOM MOVEMENT SO T...<strong>IRELAND NEEDS A NEW <a href="http://www.scoilnet.ie/lookathistory/Video2.aspx?FolderId=2&Id=500&ref=1" rel="nofollow">LANGUAGE FREEDOM MOVEMENT</a> SO THAT LEPRECHAUN CAN BE ALLOWED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH!!!!!</strong>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com