Irish is the first and sacred language of this nation. It is not merely a communication tool but a living vessel of Irish identity, memory, thought, and continuity with all who came before us. The state has an absolute and enforceable duty to protect, promote, and restore the Irish language as a living community language. Every Irish child shall have the genuine opportunity to become fluent in it. The Gaeltacht regions shall be protected, resourced, and supported as living communities, not museums. English is recognised as the second official language of the state.
Cló Gaelach — the traditional script of the Irish language, developed over centuries as the authentic written form of Irish — is the national script of Ireland. It is the script in which the primary text of this constitution is written and in which all official state documents in the Irish language shall be produced. The state has an active duty to teach Cló Gaelach to every Irish child as part of their Irish language education, to ensure its use in public signage, official communications, and state publications in Irish, and to support its continued development as a living written tradition rather than a museum piece. No policy of the state shall treat Cló Gaelach as archaic, optional, or subordinate to any other written form. It is the written face of the Irish nation and shall be treated accordingly.
Where the Irish language is used in any official state capacity — in legislation, in court proceedings, in public signage, in government communications, and in all other official contexts — it shall be written in Cló Gaelach unless the specific context makes this genuinely impractical, in which case a Roman script rendering may be used alongside the Cló Gaelach form, never instead of it.