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IRISH SCHOOLKIDS should be encouraged to hold events where the national anthem could be performed in Irish, English or Irish sign language, according to a new report issued by senators today.
The report on the future of the national anthem, drawn up following a public consultation, contains a number of recommendations on the status, treatment and use of Amhrán na bhFiann.
On the eve of St Patrick’s Day annually, the report suggests children should perform the anthem at events organised to celebrate the flags and anthems of both Ireland and other nations.
The committee’s report has recommended that the existing wording of the anthem remain unchanged but a protocol be created for the public use of the anthem.
The Seanad Public Consultation Committee began a consultation process in October 2017 and a public invitation for suggestions was issued.
According to a statement from the committee today, the majority of public submissions called for the anthem to be given respect, dignity and protection.
Recommendations
The report suggested a version of the anthem in sign language be created and today the Irish Deaf Society community choir were the first to perform that version of the anthem.
The report also recommends:
As the words and music of the anthem are in the public domain, permission is not needed to use, perform or record the national anthem for non-advertising purposes.
But permission, the report says, should be sought to use the anthem for advertising. The report says the national anthem cannot be modified, parodied or demeaned and alternative words must not be substituted for the original words.
It says permission for use of the anthem for advertising purposes should be sought from the Department of Finance.
The recommendations in the report are not binding.
Chairman of the committee Fine Gael Senator Paul Coghlin said today he hopes that the recommendations will be taken on board by the government, and requested that the report be debated in the Seanad.
“I look forward to engaging with the Minister of Finance during this debate,” he said in a statement.
Ambrán na bhFiann
Gaelic League member Peadar Kearney originally wrote the lyrics to The Soldier’s Song in 1909, while Patrick Heeney composed the melody and Liam Ó Rinn translated the song for it to become Ambrán na bhFiann.
It was sung by the rebel leaders in 1916 as they approached the GPO on Easter Monday during the 1916 Rising and was adopted by the Irish Free State in 1924.
Descendants of Peadar Kearney and Liam Ó Rinn were in attendance today and the grandson of Peadar Kearney said he believes the anthem must be “protected for our future generations”.
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Is there a chance the track would bend?
@Barry Goodwin: if ya have nothing good to say just say nothing!
@Barry Goodwin: haha Barry. Now I have that song stuck in my head.
@Barry Goodwin: Not on your life my Mancunian friend.
@Elrond Rivendell: what about us brain dead slobs?
@Stephen Boland: you’ll be given cushy jobs
@Stephen Boland: you’ll be given cushy jobs!
@Thomas McDonnell: were you sent here by the devil?!
@Fergal O’Hagan: Not unless you’re Gary Neville!
@Fergal O’Hagan: No good sir I’m on the level
Any chance of some public transport on the Northside? Sick of sitting ages in traffic AT 6am! Whats happening with Metro North? Or are we going to be constantly vilified for having to use the car? I have osteoarthritis before anyone mentioning cycling!
@Lisa Jones: traffic at 6am, where?
@Dublin days: From Crossguns bridge right through Phibsboro and over the 2 luas lines and right up as far as the quays. Lights stay red longer, lanes have been reduced to one lane. I have been working the whole last year starting work at 6.30am and traffic is getting mental. Yes even that early, most likely by people trying to avoid getting caught up in rush hour traffic.
@Lisa Jones: Metrolink – Metro North was the old plan – is still going ahead.
Is the electrification of the line to Maynooth included as was suggested last year? I don’t see it mentioned here but it has been on the table for years. Let’s hope this isn’t another endless pipe dream consultative process that will cost the taxpayer millions without a single sod turned like Metro North, the Royal Canal Greenway deep sinking project, the DART extension to Maynooth. Consultants and engineers making money left, right and centre for flashy drawings and brochures of fictitious, never to be built infrastructure.
https://www.newstalk.com/news/irish-rail-reveals-details-plan-extend-dart-maynooth-1066555
Extension from Heuston…does the dart go to Heuston??
@dreiglaser: Not sure if you missed it but it says in the article a feasibility study and concept design would be undertaken for a future station at “Heuston West” (I assume that is within walking distance from the main Heuston station and it is a change stop), that line would run from Hazelhatch to Connolly via the Phoenix Park Tunnel
Well I hope they have better success than reopening the current line to navan, wasn’t even a priority for the greens
@Hugh Mc Donnell:
Public transport in Ireland is for the fairies.
@iohanx: there must be an election coming up, the usual empty promises and grand plans. Do politicians really think we believe this nonsense. It’s going on years now, metro North an underground Harcourt line to Bray navan rail line
But there’s a train
@Sazzle: if you have nothing good to say just say nothing
@Mark Dit: Nothing
@Mark Dit: sometimes saying nothing is good. I enjoyed Paul’s saying nothing, brightened up my day no end did that.
@This time its personable!: this applies to you more than Paul
With the money in all of these reports and consultation over the years, they would have the price to pay for metro-north and the extension to the Dart line
Should be extended to Sallins/Naas. What a wasted opportunity.
@Tomo: it should be all the way at to Portlaoise
So as per usual with the semi state and the department of wasting money. This will take years. Cost millions more than it should and be over loaded before it launches.
Needs to include a revamp of Hazelhatch Station. Secure bicycle parking, quicker access to platforms, hourly shuttle bus into Celbridge, go-car spaces.
Stations and commuters. Need I say more
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