A NATIONAL Irish language radio station to cater for young people is among the demands made by Conradh na Gaeilge in a preelection submission to the political parties.
It also wants the establishment of an Irish medium third level institution and that Irish be taught efficiently as a modern language in an attractive manner at all levels of the educational system.
It further calls for a bill of rights for the Irish language so that government ministers would be required statutorily to ensure that an efficient service through Irish was made available to language speakers.
An Irish language ombudsman should be appointed with all the powers required to investigate complaints made by Irish speakers, and the language should be an official and working language of the EU.
The constitutional status of Irish should also be upheld.
Its president, Mr Gearoid O Caireallain, said at a press conference in Dublin yesterday his organisation was encouraging speakers and supporters of Irish to make it clear to all politicians and canvassers that the active promotion of Irish was important.