Cairde Teo

CAIRDE Teo also organised a stand in the Ulster Hall to sell a sample of the many products on offer in Armagh's Irish language shop Cult r. The stand was manned by some of the young people who are enrolled in Cairde's cultural enterprise course to give them practical retail experience, which will benefit their future careers. There were stalls from Irish language organisations from across the country including Bliain na Gaeilge, Irish language year. As part of the Rights and Revelry festival, the world record attempt Comhr 24/7, which aimed to achieve the longest continuous Irish langauge conversation, was brought to a closure by Cuisle Nic Liam from St Dominic's High School who spoke to Belfast Lord Mayor Mirtn Ó Muilleoir. The Armagh contingent enjoyed the festival immensely and were delighted to be involved in an event which serves a timely reminder of the failure of the British government and Stormont Executive to implement an Irish language Act in the north of Ireland, which was promised in the St Andrew's Agreement seven years ago.