Culture Minister, Gregory Campbell today met with his Scottish counterpart, Linda Fabiani who is Minister for Europe, External Affairs & Culture.
A fact conveniently omitted, in order not to disturb the backwoods presumably, is that Ms Fabiani, is also the "Minister for Gaelic"...which I suppose Gregory is too, technically.
Ministers discussions included the Ulster-Scots language, culture and heritage and the key role it has to play in the promotion of cultural diversity in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Ministers also discussed Colmcille which is currently funded by Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland equally.
Is Gregory now writing his own press-releases?
Or was Ulster-Scots language, culture and heritage and the "key role it has to play in the promotion of cultural diversity on Northern Ireland and Scotland" really the main focus of discussion?
Also, has he now unilaterally decided that Northern Ireland is no longer geographically part of the island of Ireland... or did he forget that the correct description of that country south of the border is the Republic of Ireland?
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The name of the state to the South is Éire, or in the English language, Ireland. Check the Constitution. The description of the state is the Republic of Ireland.
All this, of course, is basically pointless. But if you are going to be a pedant then accuracy helps.
Just because Libya names itself as “Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya”; doesn’t make it “socialist”, belong to the "people" or even particularly “great”.
Colmcille seems to have a better grip of the reality than the DCALNI:
http://www.colmcille.net/about-us.html
"Colmcille was set up in 1997 with funding from the Governments of Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland with a remit to 'create a vibrant interactive community spanning Ireland and Scotland'"
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