Out of all the governments social media posts, which include everything from Department of Health Instagram videos explaining the importance of the Covid-19 vaccine, to tweets by the Department of Agriculture calling out for the public consultation on draft policies, less than 4% are as gaeilge.

To discuss the impact of this, Kieran was joined by Peter Kavanagh, independent South Dublin County Councillor.

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