Image: Shutterstock/New Africa Image: Shutterstock/New Africa THE EU’S TOP court has issued a ruling that will require Irish courts to take remedial steps to ensure veterinary medicine products sold in Ireland are labelled in Irish.
The ruling represents a major victory for an Irish language activist, Peadar MacFhlannchadha of Moycullen, Co Galway who had initiated a case on the issue against the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in the High Court in 2016. It said it was of critical importance that an appropriate range and supply of veterinary medicines continued to be available in Ireland.
It sought guidance on whether it could refuse to provide the declaration sought by MacFhlannchadha on the basis that it would be undone by the new regulation coming into effect.
'No Black's. No dogs. No Irish!' - 1950's London Boarding Hse signage. Ruling out black Irish dogs.