Write a commentBoxer Bernard Dunne is continuing his RTE campaign to get the nation talking Irish.
The grand ambition of this campaign is to get 100,000 people who use little or no Irish now to use their Irish again, however much or however little that is. This is not a learning series. It’s an appeal to show your pride, your “bród” in your language by using what you have – and we all have some. Re-engage with the language. It is only by using it will you rediscover it. Take small steps. Start with what you know and build from there. 
Although a lot of us spent quite a few years of our lives learning Irish very few of us actually speak it. This campaign is a passionate, loud and brash attempt to turn this situation on its head by asking people to commit to using whatever Irish they have.
It is a multi-platform campaign and once signed up to the Bród Club, members will be plugged into an entire community of like-minded people, spinning off into a range of Facebook and Twitter conversations. This online social network will also give you access to a wide range of tools to help you use the Irish language in your everyday lives.
The campaign wants to make noise and will use a combination of guerrilla tactics, publicity stunts and local advocacy to re-ignite the spark in people to use Irish.
This campaign is a national call to action. Be proud of your language – use what you have – or as Fiona Looney would say, get back on the capall!
Sign Up to the campaign. Watch the show and be inspired. There are many different ways you can begin to use the Irish you have. The limit is your imagination. And have some fun using it.
Register with the Bród Club and take part in this campaign to use what Irish you have.
You can access the website on www.rte.ie/brodclub/
It is also available on Twitter just search for rtebrodclub and on Facebook www.facebook.com/rtebrodclub
No excuses for not giving it a go!
