TUV 'leprechaun' remark regretted

The Traditional Unionist Voice party has apologised for referring in a press release to Irish as a “leprechaun language”.

The release was issued by party staff in the name of vice-chairman Keith Harbinson, the candidate in the 2008 Dromore council byelection which saw the TUV eat into the DUP vote.

The press release was critical of the spending by the department of education of £47,000 (€52,600) on Irish language translation.