A chairde, cuirimis in iúl don tsaol mhór gur le gach páiste, gach bean, agus gach fear an Ghaeilge, agus nach gá go mbeadh uirthi dul fríd aon 'tástáil oiriúnachta' le go mbeadh beannacht shimplí ar nós 'Nollaig Shona' le feiceáil ar foluain go breá bródúil i lár an tSratha Báin. Taispeánaimis do pháistí na Gaelscoile, agus dá dteaghlaigh ar fad, go bhfuil fáilte rompu, gan cheist, gan teist, ina mbaile dúchais féin, agus iad ag labhairt a dteanga dhúchais féin. Iontach buíoch as aon deonúchán a thig libh a thabhairt, beag, measartha nó mór. Rachaidh gach pingin i dtreo an Ghaeilge a dhéanamh níos feiceálaí le linn na Nollag, ar an tSrath Bán, ag toiseacht le soilse galánta agus 'Nollaig Shona' scríofa orthu.

Dear friends, a number of representatives on our local authority have voted that simple Irish language lights expressing a Christmas Greeting 'Nollaig Shona' must undergo some 'equality impact assessment' before they can be considered appropriate for public display. This is an insult to every child in our town who attends the local Gaelscoil, and to all those families struggling to breathe life into the Irish language every day of our lives. We do not need the approval of anyone to speak our language nor see it side by side with English, which we also respect. This decision is a bigger threat to equality than the actual language itself. It has in some way cast a 'controversial' or 'suspicious' cloud over the Irish language. Every penny will go towards purchasing lights and decorations that will bring the Irish language to life in the middle of our town at Christmas, and we will show our young Irish-speaking children that we welcome and embrace them equally with all others.