However, despite being the first official language of the Republic of Ireland and having been accorded minority-language status in the UK region of Northern Ireland, Irish was not made an official working language of the EU until 1 January 2007.
然而，虽然爱尔兰语是爱尔兰共和国的官方语言之一，以及拥有英国北爱尔兰地区的少数语言地位，但是直至2007年1月1日，爱尔兰语都不是欧盟的工作语言。