Joe O'Toole (Independent)

The difficulty of not respecting people's language is borne out by the Minister of State's tale. He is absolutely right. When I moved jobs I came to a place in north Dublin called Man O War, which was a corruption of Meán an Bhóthair. It was perfectly understandable that Meán an Bhóthair would become Man O War until someone in high authority decided to call it Long Cogaidh.