Irish street sign surveys 'not a referendum of residents' so views of majority can be ignored as long as 15% threshold met, say nationalists: Second bid to blast language where two-thirds don't want it beaten by single vote

Surveys asking people about Irish signs aren’t about seeing what the majority want but only checking whether numbers pass a 15% threshold, nationalists have said, as a second bid to blaze the language across a street where two-thirds of residents are opposed to it was narrowly defeated.