I completely agree with this. There is also the situation where some native speakers simply take the English word rather than making up a new word or using one that someone else has made up so what should other Irish speakers do - choose the English word or use the Irish one that has been created. Do you think terms such as those being discussed here always existed in English and other languages? Of course not, they had to be created by somebody somewhere.

We cannot leave the future of the language entirely to those in the Gaeltacht. The numbers indicate that its use is declining there at a frightening rate. Some Gaeltacht speakers are investing in its future; unfortunately many aren't and are not passing it on to the next generation. In my view, if an Irish word exists it is better to use it when speaking Irish. Use the English word when speaking English. Of course, I believe that native speakers should play an integral role when creating the modern words for the modern technologies etc.

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Ríomhaire is a modern term accepted in the Gaeltacht. Television has also become teilibhiseán prononced differently to the Engish. Bád aer for plane.