Irish language</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Irish language"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Irish,language"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">25-11-2004</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Irish language</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Dublin, Ireland (The Irish Examiner): The Irish language is set to become the 21st official language of the EU, employing 110 translators at an annual cost of about €10 million. The move was welcomed by Ireland west MEP Seán Ó Neachtain, the only native Irish speaker in the European Parliament of 732 deputies. <br> <br>It will mean jobs for 110 translators fluent in the language, who can earn up to €85,000 a year interpreting speakers in the parliament and translating all decisions made in the EU into Irish. <br> <br>A number of other “unofficial” languages may now make the move for itnegration, such as Catalan, which has some 7 milllion speakers. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/ireland/Full_Story/did-sgL5Wu2KjclHIsg7IQHSmeYhNE.asp" target="blank">www.examiner.ie/pport/web/ireland/Full_Story/did-sgL5Wu2KjclHIsg7IQHSmeYhNE.asp</a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show