Sir, – The Department of Transport (Breaking News, November 8th) has asked the National Road Authority to trial run newly designed road signs to give the Irish language parity with English on the country’s roads. It would appear this costly exercise will be rolled out on the recommendation of the Irish language pressure group, Conradh na Gaeilge, which would have us believe that at least 50 per cent of our population are Irish speakers.
In the interest of safety on our roads, signs should have a minimum of essential information and should not be used to progress the learning of a language. – Yours, etc,
JOHN T KAVANAGH,
Braemor Road,
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Dublin 14.