Press Release issued by the Language Freedom Movement responding to comments made by An Taoiseach Jack Lynch regarding the LFM campaign in the Cork by-election. Mr. Lynch objected to the reporting of the answers given by Fianna Fáil to the six questions put to all candidates (see G44/1/2/5). This press release qualifies what was reported, and asks Fianna Fáil to clarify its stance on language policy.
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Press release announcing that the Language Freedom Movement will produce a badge for those members who wish to wear one. This was decided at the Council's AGM on 21 April 1968, where it was also decided to commission a study of language policy looking at the constitutional rights of parents and schoolchildren. A postscript indicates the Honorary Secretary's report and results of the Mini-Plebiscite are enclosed, however they were not included in the collection.
Press release outlining an experiment being conducted by the Language Freedom Movement, the 'mini-plebiscite'. 10 basic questions on language policy and related matters are being distributed with the aim of attracting responses from 10,000 Irish people, non-members of the LFM.
Four copies of a press release issued in response to recent statements in the press that suggested the Language Freedom Movement played a part in the parents' plebiscite in Ahascragh, Co. Galway. In this press release, the LFM denies involvement, but supports the will of the parents who want to play a part in their children's education. Concludes that compulsory Irish is now a Fianna Fáil policy, with both Fine Gael and Labour having declared they will make Irish an optional examination subject.
Press release objecting to a campaign to mount a 'Gaelgeoirí only need apply' notice on a job advert for Telefís Éireann. Responds to claims that the Language Freedom Movement is a front for Fine Gael. Gives an overview of the aims of the LFM. Refers t
Press release outlining the six questions put to all candidates of the Cork and Limerick by-elections by the Language Freedom Movement, and summarising the answers given by each political party. Questions relate to primary, secondary, and tertiary education, public service recruitment, and the 1965 White Paper on the Restoration of the Irish Language.
Press release reporting from the first meeting of the new Central Committee of the Language Freedom Movement, held in Cashel on the 5 May 1968. Announces results of elections for office within the organisation, plans for the LFM's campaign in the Limerick by-election, and a basic plan of campaign to take the organisation up to the next general election.
Press Release issued by Rory W. Broderick, Public Relations Officer of the Language Freedom Movement, reporting on a 'Speak-Out' recently held in Dublin, attended by members of the Dublin branches of the LFM. Quotes current membership figure of LFM as 6,000, and calls for those who are opposed to language policy to join the organisation, or petition local representatives. Calls on the people of Ireland to wake up, and not give in to complacency against threats, economic sanctions, and censorship.
Press release issued by the Language Freedom Movement responding to comments made in Dáil Éireann on the 29th November, 1966 by Brian Lenihan, Minister for Justice, and Michael Carty, Parliamentary Secretary to An Taoiseach. Mr. Lenihan's comments were o
Response to comments made in Dáil Éireann by Fianna Fáil TD Flor. (Florence) Crowley, who described the Language Freedom Movement's activities as being equivalent to treason and Paisleyism. The response charges those who deny parents' rights through supp