OFFICIAL bodies with responsibility for Gaelic "remain in denial" about the severity of the crisis facing the language, a leading expert has said.
Professor Conchúr Ó Giollagáin said Bòrd na Gàidhlig, Scotland's Gaelic quango, "may be seeking to kill reform with kindness" and called for political leadership to break the current impasse.
It comes just over a year after a major study led by Ó Giollagáin warned Gaelic-speaking communities are unlikely to survive anywhere in Scotland beyond this decade unless urgent action is taken.
Writing in today's Herald on Sunday, he said: "Official bodies with responsibility for Gaelic promotion remain in denial about the severity of the challenges facing these communities.