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Toe-curling moment Sinn Fein politician complains she's not allowed to speak in Gaelic in European Parliament - only to backtrack in English when she's told she can
A Sinn Fein politician in the European Parliament complained she was not allowed to speak in Gaelic but later backtracked in English when informed she could. The incident involved a language restriction issue during a parliamentary session.
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