ENGLISH IS BANNED AT MEETINGS; Isles council insists on Gaelic.Byline: By MARK SMITH VOTERS who want to follow council sessions in English will need a UN-style translator's headset following a landmark decision A landmark decision is the outcome of a legal case (often thus referred to as a landmark case) that establishes a precedent that either substantially changes the interpretation of the law or that simply establishes new case law on a particular issue. . The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Comhairle nan Eilean Siar is the local government council for Na h-Eileanan Siar council area of Scotland. It is the only local council in Scotland to have a Gaelic-only name. , or Western Isles Western Isles or Western Islands, Scotland: see Hebrides, the. Council, has ruled for the first time that committee meetings must be held in Gaelic. It has promised to provide a simultaneous translation service for English speakers as 41 per cent of isles residents don't speak Gaelic. Even 13 of its 31 councillors have not mastered the language, which is spoken by some 58,000 people. Convener Alex MacDonald said yesterday: "It is particularly commendable that chairpersons who are not fluent Gaelic speakers have decided to take committee debates in Gaelic." mark.smith@mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): PRAISE: MacDonald |
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