Press release containing extracts from an Address by Christopher T. Morris, President of the Language Freedom Movement, to a meeting of members at Moran's Hotel, Dublin on 17 February 1967. Refers to the failure of the majority of those in favour of the Replacement policy to declare their stance openly. Argues that the plan to replace the major world language with a private language not spoken elsewhere is retrograde and must be taken seriously. Reiterates the reasons for the LFM's opposition to the replacement policy. Concludes by objecting to its opponents attempts to deny the LFM freedom of speech and freedom of private assembly.
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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.
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 outlining the success of the Language Freedom Movement's by-election campaign in Cork and Limerick, and announcing its intention to mount similar campaigns as they arise.
Three copies of a press release issued by the Language Freedom Movement discussing its leaflet and poster campaign during the Limerick by-election.
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.
Three copies (third copy is missing one page) of a statement by the Language Freedom Movement on the Fine Gael language policy. The LFM welcomes the statement as a step in the right direction, and wholeheartedly supports proposals on removing compulsion in passing Irish exams for employment and in Certificate examinations. The statement describes some elements of the policy as being ambiguous, and challenges the proposal to give top priority to the Gaeltacht as being discriminatory against other economically challenged areas.
Press release issued by the Language Freedom Movement welcoming Labour's new language policy, which makes Gaelic an optional rather than a compulsory subject for any Certificate examination. In the countdown to the 1969 general election, this means that Fianna Fáil are the only political party in favour of compulsory Irish. The press release also praises Desmond Fennell's recent proposal: 'Plandáil Chonnachta' (see G44/5/3), a proposal to establish new Irish speaking communities in the Gaeltacht areas of West Galway, loosely based on the idea of the Kibbutz in Israel.
"Press Release issued by the Language Freedom Movement in response to comments made by the Galway Command of the IRA that they would intervene against ""anti-Irish elements"" active in the Ahascragh National School dispute. Contradicts the regiment's claim that those who want their children taught through English are ""middle-class parasites"" by claiming this accounts for 95% of Irish society. Objects to the threat of violence, which is says is 'no substitute for logic'. "
Press releases and statements issued by the Language Freedom Movement, outlining their aims, responding to statements made about the LFM in the press and in Dáil Éireann, and providing updates to the public on procedural changes within the organisation.