Up to 27 Gaelic development officers based on Hebridean islands and in rural counties and cities to be laid off
Gaelic-language campaigners and MSPs have protested furiously about plans to axe a network of Gaelic community workers, raising fresh fears about the survival of the language.
One senior source said many felt “betrayed”, partly because the cuts had been imposed by Scottish National party ministers, who many assumed would be particularly attuned to the cultural and political case for protecting Gaelic. Ministers have defended the budget for Bòrd na Gàidhlig by arguing that the development officers were paid for by top-up funds. Its core funding, the government said, had remained the same “despite the extraordinary financial challenges facing the Scottish government”.
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