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A chara, – Prof Orla Muldoon is quoted in the Health Supplement (March 31st) as stating (in relation to the State’s attempt to protect the Irish language) that “A language is about communication and about being able to communicate effectively – but a language that one can only speak to some people, and which excludes others, is by definition exclusive”.