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Thu 01 Jan 2007Famous first words: Gaeilge makes its EU debut - 'Is mór an onóir dom labhairt i mo theanga dúchais anseo tráthnóna inniu'The atmosphere around the European Parliament is infectious - all the Irish MEPs contributing to debates are opening their contributions with a few words of Irish to test the system.It has even spread to the press centre when a number of Irish language journalists are working for the week, and where most of the conversations are handled in the first language.