copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2023-05-30): A summary report of the findings shows the number of people who indicated that they could speak Irish increased by 6 per cent between 2016 and last year to 1.9 million, or 40 per cent of the population aged three or more. Of the people who said they could speak Irish, almost 624,000 spoke it daily within and outside the education system. This accounts for 33 per cent of the Irish speaking population, compared with 36 per cent in 2016. A total of almost 72,000 of the daily speakers used Irish outside the education system, down 1,835 on the 2016 figure. [...] A majority (55 per cent) of people who indicated that they spoke Irish reported that they did not speak the language well. Younger people were more likely to say could speak the language well.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2024-09-26): The Irish language (Irish: Gaeilge) is, since 2022, an official[1] language in Northern Ireland. The main dialect spoken there is Ulster Irish (Gaeilge or Gaeilg Uladh). Protection for the Irish language in Northern Ireland stems largely from the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.[2] In the 2021 census, Irish was the main language of 0.3% of the population aged 3 and up,[3] an increase from 0.2% in the previous survey,[4] while 12.4% of that population had some ability in Irish, also an increase from previous census results.[3] As well, for the first time, the census asked the frequency of speaking Irish. 43,557 said they spoke Irish on a daily basis, which accounts for 2.43% of Northern Ireland's population.[5] [...] A question about the Irish language was asked until the 1911 census of Ireland, but after partition was not included in the Northern Ireland census until it was reintroduced in 1991, at the 1911 census, the six counties which would become Northern Ireland had 28,734 Irish speakers.[27] According to the 1991 Census, 142,003 people (9.45% of the population) had some language skills ability in Irish.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2024-04-27): The number of Poles living in Ireland has dropped in recent years, down from 122,515 in 2016. Poles were once the largest foreign national group in Ireland but are now outnumbered by the more 106,200 Ukrainians who have moved here since 2022. However, more than 123,900 people in Ireland still speak Polish, and small numbers continue to relocate here – 5,441 Polish nationals moved to Ireland between January 2023 and March 2024, according to Department of Social Protection data. [...] Many Poles who moved to Ireland and started families are hopeful that life will be easier for their Irish-born children, who "are more immersed in Irish culture and language", he adds. "However, there’s a real concern that the problems their parents face could affect them too, limiting their opportunities for true integration."
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2022-03-07): One of the key targets they identify is to grow the number of people who use and speak Irish. The panel recommends 500,000 people in Northern Ireland "have knowledge" of Irish by 2042. According to the 2011 NI Census, 184,898 people said they had "some knowledge" of the Irish language - though that included a much higher percentages of Catholics (21%) than Protestants (2%).
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2022-12-07): Polish migrants are now Northern Ireland’s largest minority community. According to the 2021 census, more than 22,300 people living in the north were born in the Eastern European country. [...] Polish nationals make up almost a fifth (18%) of all people living in Northern Ireland who were born outside Britain or Ireland. [...] Although the number of Polish migrants in Northern Ireland has increased in the last decade – 22,335 people in 2021 compared to 19,658 in 2011 – anecdotally, some families left after the UK opted in 2016 to leave the EU.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2021-03-25): More… - After the UK and the Republic of Ireland, the most common country of birth of residents in Northern Ireland was Poland (19,658 residents), followed by Lithuania, India, the USA and Germany. [...] As shown in Figure 6, after the UK and the Republic of Ireland, Poland is the most common country of birth in Northern Ireland with 19,658 residents, amounting to 24.2% of the population born outside of the UK and the Republic of Ireland (and 1.1% of the total population of Northern Ireland). This is followed by residents born in Lithuania (7,341), India (4,796), the USA (4,251) and Germany (3,908). Migrants from Eastern European countries that joined the EU between 2001 and 2011 have become an important part of the population born outside of the UK and the Republic of Ireland; in 2011, there were 35,720 residents born in the A8 and A2 EU Accession countries, representing 44% of those born outside the UK and ROI and 2% of the total resident population in Northern Ireland. [...] There were 50,376 residents of Northern Ireland who spoke a language other than English or Irish (Gaelic) as their main language in 2011. This represents 2.9% of the total resident population aged 3 and above. For those residents, the most commonly spoken language was Polish. In fact, 17,731 residents mainly spoke Polish in 2011, accounting for 35% of those who used a language other than English or Irish as their main spoken language (and 1% of the population aged 3 and above overall).
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2017-04-12): The role of the Irish language in Northern Ireland’s deadlock Though less than 1% use it as their main language, cutbacks have rekindled enthusiasm for the Irish tongue [...] - Edward Enninful, a new editor for Vogue - Christie’s auction house downsizes - Oxford University turns its hand to property development - The role of the Irish language in Northern Ireland’s deadlock - How abolishing the death penalty led to more convictions - The Foreign Office needs to learn some new tricks
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2017-02-06): Arlene Foster said that perhaps there should be a Polish language act instead because more people in Northern Ireland spoke Polish than Irish. [...] More people identified Polish (1.02%) as their main language than Irish (0.24%) Irish is the fourth most-popular language in Northern Ireland, after English (96.86%) and Lithuanian (0.36%)
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2022-09-23): About one in five people identify as "Northern Irish" and may well support parties like Alliance, who do not take a stance on reunification and made significant gains in elections this May. Kellie Armstrong, a representative of the Alliance party in the local legislature, told Al Jazeera that the census figures demonstrate that many people like her do not want to be "pigeonholed" as British or Irish. [...] While most people speak English, more people now speak Polish or Lithuanian than the indigenous languages, Irish or Ulster Scots.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2023-06-01): - The biggest non-Irish groups were Polish and UK citizens followed by Indian, Romanian and Lithuanian. Brazilian, Italian, Latvian and Spanish citizens were also among the larger non-Irish groups. [...] Language - In 2022, 751,507 people usually resident in Ireland spoke a language other than English or Irish at home, representing an increase of 23% from 612,018 in 2016. - The number of people speaking Polish at home declined by 9% to 123,968 but continues to be the most commonly spoken foreign language.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2022-11-29): Polish remained the most common main language accounting for 1.1% (612,000) of usual residents, for those who do not have English (English or Welsh in Wales) as a main language. [...] In England, Polish (1.1%, 591,000) was the most common main language for those who did not speak English as a main language. At a regional level, the highest percentage of people who had Polish as a main language was in the East Midlands (1.5%, 71,000). The percentage of people with Polish as a main language varied across local authorities from 0.1% (100) in Castle Point to 5.7% (4,000) in Boston. [...] As in 2011, Polish was the second most common language after English or Welsh in Wales (0.7%, 21,000). The Welsh local authority with the highest proportion of people that had Polish as a main language remained as Wrexham (2.5%, 3,000).
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2019-03-01): Exacerbated by the horrendous and wilful negligence by the British government, the Great Famine devastated Ireland, causing the death and emigration of so many people that the population of Ireland dropped by a quarter. This century also saw the introduction of schools in which students were forbidden from speaking Irish, and a general stigma created around the language by the British and the Catholic church. All these factors combined caused the Irish language to be largely replaced with English. [...] Despite attempts at reviving the language by an independent Ireland, the Irish language became increasingly rare as a native language throughout the 1900s. The number of people who speak Irish as a second language has increased, however. [...] Irish revival efforts have seen an increase in the number of young people speaking Irish, and there are hundreds of Irish languages schools in Ireland.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2017-05-19): There was a sea of red in Belfast today as thousands of people took to the streets demanding an official Irish language act. [...] Earlier this year DUP leader Arlene Foster said her party would never agree to legislation protecting the language claiming more people spoke Polish than Irish in Northern Ireland [...] A mother who is raising her child through Irish told Belfast Live: "Gaeilge is the language we speak together at home, from morning to night, but we can avail of very few public services from the state through Irish.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2017-06-20): During a recent trip, the languages that I heard, in order of frequency, were: English, Tagalog (Filipino), Polish, and Irish. Apart from the TV, the only Irish was my mum talking to the band in the pub after a couple of glasses of Jameson.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2018-02-18): The official language, Gaelic, which we call Irish, is spoken by less than 10% of the population. Another 10% speak Polish … maybe because a former Pope was Polish. Perhaps a further 10% now speak Spanish. If the next Pope were to be elected by Catholics rather than Cardinals she would almost certainly be Irish-American. America is a large landmass off the west coast of Ireland, where 41million people claim to be wholly or partly Irish, including their current leader, one of the Moneygall, Co Offaly, O’Bamas. Ireland is an island to the west of Britain but Northern Ireland, according to most of its population, is British and that it’s just off the mainland! Of course, they don’t mean the Irish mainland, which it is part of, but the British mainland, which it is not part of.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2024-09-22): In Northern Ireland, English is the primary language for 95% of the population, and de facto official language, while Irish is recognised as an official language and Ulster Scots is recognised as a minority language under the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.[4][5] [...] Immigrant languages [edit]With increased immigration into Ireland, there has been a substantial increase in the number of people speaking languages. The table below gives figures from the 2016 census of population usually resident and present in the state who speak a language other than English, Irish or a sign language at home.[17] [...] Northern Ireland [edit]The predominant language in the education system in Northern Ireland is English, with Irish-medium schools teaching exclusively in the Irish language. The ULTACH Trust coordinates the promotion of Irish in English-medium schools. In the GCSE and A Level qualification, Irish is the 3rd most chosen modern language in Northern Ireland, and in the top ten in the UK. Intakes in GCSE Irish and A Level Irish are increasing, and the usage of the language is also increasing.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2023-05-30): The biggest non-Irish groups were Polish and UK citizens followed by Indian, Romanian and Lithuanian. [...] Polish remained the most commonly spoken foreign language with 123,968 people speaking it. [...] Among those born in Ireland, the most commonly spoken languages were French (32,244 people) and Polish (32,060 people).
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2017-02-06): Arlene Foster on Irish language act: 'More people speak Polish' [...] The DUP will never agree to an Irish language act, party leader Arlene Foster has insisted. Mrs Foster said if there was to be an Irish language act, there should be a Polish language act because more people in Northern Ireland speak Polish than Irish.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2022-03-18): As in Ireland, the majority language of Northern Ireland is English, where it is also (and unlike in the Republic of Ireland) the sole official language. Alongside the English-speaking population, there are subsets of the population in Northern Ireland who use and speak the minority languages of Irish and Ulster-Scots. Northern Ireland’s census data from 2011 show that slightly over 10 per cent of the population in the jurisdiction have some competence in Irish, while just over 8 per cent have some competence in Ulster-Scots.6 This endurance is, in some respects, unsurprising—the Irish language, which [End Page 174] was spoken throughout Ireland by a majority of the population until the mid-nineteenth century, has historically been particularly strong (perhaps even strongest) in Ulster.7 Moreover, Ulster was historically an area of complex and intersecting linguistic identities. [...] 56. A similar desire for language rights based on proportionate use of a language within the population was voiced in 2017 by then DUP party leader Arlene Foster, who argued that it was more desirable and practical to have a Polish Language Act because more people in Northern Ireland speak Polish than Irish. See ‘Arlene Foster on Irish language act: "More people speak Polish"’, Belfast Telegraph, 6 February 2017. This is a tidy obfuscation, reducing minority language speakers to an unreasonable minority while refusing to acknowledge that the reason the place of such languages must be seriously considered is the colonial legacy of the UK and its institutionally and legally enshrined linguistic mandate.
Claim: In Northern Ireland, more people speak Polish than speak Irish. (Arlene Foster, 2017-02-06)
Evidence (2018-03-23): Should we be for or against British citizens having to be able to speak English? What makes a British artist sing in Cornish when she could be communicating so much more usefully in English – not only the lingua franca of England and the British Isles, but a language that's now spoken and sung across the world? Why is the Irish language such a politicised issue when some claim that there are now more Polish than Irish speakers in Northern Ireland? And where do users of sign language fit into these debates?
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2021-08-26): travelling in Europe for up to 3 months (you don’t normally need a visa for the first 90 days in every 180 days of travel) the requirement from most European countries to have at least 3 months left on your passport on the day after you leave
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2021-08-27): Passports are now only valid for 10 years exactly - additional months on anyone's red passports (passports issued before the UK left the EU ) are no longer valid. [...] A statement from Hays Travel said: "Important passport update changes: due to changes in validity since leaving Europe, your passport is now only valid for 10 years from the issue date on your passport. "If your passport was issued prior to the UK leaving the EU with additional months on, those extra months are no longer valid."
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2024-03-29): How many months do I need left on my UK passport before I travel? [...] All EU countries, plus those in the Schengen Area (excluding Ireland) require you to have three months left on your passport from the day you plan to leave. Your passport must also be less than 10 years old on the day you enter the country. This is true for the following countries: [...] These non-European countries also require three months’ validity on your day of departure:
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2021-08-28): Britons with a burgundy passport from before the UK left the EU are being urged to check it is still valid before using. [...] Passports are now only valid for 10 years exactly - additional months on anyone's red passports (passports issued before the UK left the EU) are no longer valid. [...] "If your passport was issued prior to the UK leaving the EU with additional months on, those extra months are no longer valid."
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2024-09-13): Previously, some UK passports issued before 1st October 2018 had additional months added from an early renewal. These extra months are no longer accepted as valid for entry into EU and Schengen Area countries. The EU only considers the actual issue date, and your passport must fall within the 10-year validity window from that date. [...] In addition to the 10-year issue rule, ensure that your passport is valid for at least three months after your planned departure date from the EU. The UK government, however, recommends having six months of validity on your passport for entry into the Schengen area as a precaution to avoid any travel difficulties. If you do not have enough time left on your passport, you will need to renew this before travel. [...] To check your passport’s validity online for an EU trip, visit the official FCDO website or use a trusted passport expiry checker tool to confirm that your passport adheres to the 10-year issuance and 3-month post-departure validity rules.
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2020-12-03): Booking a holiday to beat the January blues? You better check your passport. When the Brexit transition period ends, Brits will need a minimum of six months left on their passports to travel to Schengen Area countries, which applies to most of Europe. [...] To make things more complicated, if you renewed your current passport before the previous one expired, any remaining validity (up to nine months) would likely have been added to its expiry date over the usual limit of 10 years. However, any extra months on your passport may not count towards the six months required. This is because Schengen Area countries also require passports to have been issued within the last 10 years on the day of travel. [...] Yes. British passports will continue to be valid until their expiry date for entry to the UK. The rule changes resulting from the end of the transition period only apply for entry to a state where the Schengen Borders Code is applicable.
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Now that we are no longer part of the EU there are two things you need to look out for on a UK passport. [...] Your UK passport must be less than 10 years old on the day you enter your EU destination. For this you will need to check the ‘Date of Issue’ on your passport photo page. [...] It is important to note that if your passport was issued before 1 October 2018, extra months may have been added to its expiry date.
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2024-07-18): UK passport holders are considered ‘third-country nationals’ by EU and Schengen countries. Your passport must be issued less than 10 years before your arrival date (the day you land on holiday) and be valid for three months from the final day of your holiday. [...] Some UK passports have more than 10 years of validity because until September 2018 the UK Passport Office would add any existing validity on your current passport to your new passport when you renewed. So if your old passport was still valid for nine months when you applied for a new passport, that new passport would be valid for 10 years and nine months. However, since Brexit, EU countries no longer accept the additional validity.
Claim: Additional months of validity on UK passports issued before the UK left the EU are no longer valid. (Cyllenius Travel, 2021-08-26)
Evidence (2023-04-12): Did you know that the expiry date on burgundy British passports might be meaningless when travelling to EU countries (except Ireland) or Schengen zone countries such as Switzerland, Norway and Iceland? This is because since Brexit, British passports cannot be more than 10 years old when used to travel to the EU – which means you need to look at the date the passport was issued, rather than the date it expires. Most people – understandably – assume that an adult passport lasts 10 years, but if your passport was issued before 1 October 2018, extra months might have been added to its expiry date if the previous passport was renewed before it fully expired (the additional months used to be rolled over). [...] - Valid for at least three months after the day you plan to leave - You do not need a visa for short trips to the EU or countries in the Schengen area if both of the following apply: you’re staying for 90 days or less in a 180-day period OR you’re visiting as a tourist or for certain other reasons