No Irish language act before Stormont election - Lewis [View all]

The British government has confirmed that it will not deliver on a promise to Sinn Féin to introduce an Irish Language Act for Northern Ireland at this stage.

Northern Secretary Brandon Lewis had given a commitment that Westminster would introduce the law if the Stormont Executive failed to do by October last year.

The legislation was to have been part of a cultural package that would also have included Ulster Scots.

The election campaign will officially get under way at midnight, when the Assembly is dissolved. Voters go to the polls on 5 May.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2022/0328/1288987-northern-ireland-language/