Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost was appointed Lecturer in the School of Welsh at Cardiff University in 2004. He is currently a Reader there and a member of the School's Resea...view moreProfessor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost was appointed Lecturer in the School of Welsh at Cardiff University in 2004. He is currently a Reader there and a member of the School's Research Unit on Language, Policy and Planning. He is a native of Ireland and an authority on linguistic minorities and language planning, and, in particular, the situation of the Irish language.view less