Irish MPs couldn't translate what the Prime Minister told them for several minutes because they don't understand the national language

In the Irish capital, Prime Minister Michael Martin accused the opposition leader of lying, but his words could not be translated because they do not understand Irish.

About this write Politico, reports Ukrainian merchant.

As the publication notes, the official language of Ireland is Gaelic (also known as Irish Gaelic), which is simply called Irish here.

However, a small number of citizens can speak Irish confidently.

Prime Minister Martin is a representative of the Gaelgaer, who are called native speakers.

At the meeting, he spoke at length in Irish, answering questions from opposition leader Mary Lou McDonald of the nationalist Sinn Féin party.

Opposition representatives could not understand what he was saying for seven minutes and waited for the official's speech to be translated.